Unexpected high PCB and total DDT levels in the breeding population of red kite (Milvus milvus) from Doñana National Park, south-western Spain

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-78

  Gómara, Belén ^a   González, María José ^a   Baos, Raquel ^b   Hiraldo, Fernando ^b   Abad, Esteban ^c   Rivera, Josep ^c   Jiménez, Begoña ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

DDTs; Do ana National Park; Eggs; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs; Raptors; Red kite; Spain; TEQs

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CONTAMINATION; SPAIN;

EMBRYO MORTALITY; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINATION; POPULATION BREEDING; RED KITE;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BREEDING POPULATION; DDT; EGG; HEALTH IMPACT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; RAPTOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; MILVUS MILVUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RAPTOR; SPAIN;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; MILVUS MILVUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 37149055693     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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