Accumulation of environmental contaminants in wood duck (Aix sponsa) eggs, with emphasis on polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 670-682

  Augspurger, T P ^a,b   Echols, K R ^c   Peterman, P H ^c   May, T W ^c   Orazio, C E ^c   Tillitt, D E ^c   Di Giulio, R T ^b  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CHLORINE; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAMEBIRD; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLEACHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DUCK; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NORTH CAROLINA; OVUM; PESTICIDES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

AIX; AIX SPONSA; AVES;

EID: 53149142434     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9199-1     Document Type: Article

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