Organochlorine residues in booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) and goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) eggs from southeastern Spain

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2373-2378

  Martinez Lopez, Emma ^a   Maria Mofjica, Pedro ^a   Martinez, Jose E ^a   Calvo, Jose F ^a   Wright, Julian ^b   Shore, Richard F ^b   Romero, Diego ^a   Garcia Fernandez, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Booted eagle; Eggshell thinning; Goshawk; Organochlorine compounds; Population decline

Indexed keywords

BOOTED EAGLE; EGGSHELL THINNING; GOSHAWK; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; POPULATION DECLINE;

BIRDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BIODIVERSITY;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLORO OCTAHYDRO EPOXY DIMETHANONAPHTHALENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; RAPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; EAGLE; EGG; EMBRYO DEATH; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAWKS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; HIERAAETUS PENNATUS;

EID: 36148934553     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-057R.1     Document Type: Article

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