Environmental contaminants in Canadian shorebirds

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 185-204

  Braune, Birgit M ^a   Noble, David G ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Canada; DDT; Mercury; Organochlorines; PCBs; Selenium; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; IMPURITIES; MERCURY (METAL); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CANADA; DDT; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINES; PCBS; SHOREBIRDS;

CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SELENIUM; WADER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOREBIRD; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIRDS; CADMIUM; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS; SELENIUM; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

AVES; CALIDRIS ALPINA; LIMOSA FEDOA; LIMOSA HAEMASTICA; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS DOMINICA; TRINGA FLAVIPES;

EID: 58049187818     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0150-0     Document Type: Article

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