Organochlorine pesticide contamination in three bird species of the Embalse La Florida water reservoir in the semiarid midwest of Argentina

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 385, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 86-96

  Cid, Fabricio D ^a   Antón, Rosa I ^a   Caviedes Vidal, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Artificial lake; Birds; Organochlorine pesticides; Risk evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LAKES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; RISK EVALUATION;

CONTAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PESTICIDES; TISSUE;

BIRDS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; LINDANE; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARID REGION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; FAT RESERVE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANOCHLORINE; PASSERINE; PATHOLOGY; PESTICIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; SEMIARID REGION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; PHALACROCORAX BRASILIANUS; PITANGUS SULPHURATUS; PODICEPS MAJOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIRDS; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; PESTICIDES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARGENTINA; LA FLORIDA RESERVOIR; SAN LUIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHALACROCORAX BRASILIANUS; PITANGUS; PITANGUS SULPHURATUS; PODICEPS MAJOR; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 34548393138     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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