Use of fatty acids to explain variability of organochlorine concentrations in eggs and plasma of common terns (Sterna hirundo)

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 545-554

  Mateo, Rafael ^a   Gil, Càrol ^a   Badia Vila, Montserrat ^a   Guitart, Raimon ^a   Hernández Matías, Antonio ^b   Sanpera, Carola ^b   Ruiz, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

egg; fatty acids; Organochlorine; plasma; tern

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BODY FLUID; CLUTCH SIZE; DIET; EGG; FATTY ACID; ORGANOCHLORINE; PREY SELECTION; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD LEVEL; BREEDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONOLOGY; CLUTCH SIZE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; EGG YOLK; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STERNA HIRUNDO;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGG YOLK; EGGS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLUPEIFORMES; HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; STERNA HIRUNDO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4344698951     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ECTX.0000037191.98464.44     Document Type: Article

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