Chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the fat tissue of seabirds from King George Island, Antarctica

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-133

  Taniguchi, Satie ^a   Montone, Rosalinda C ^a   Bícego, Márcia C ^a   Colabuono, Fernanda Imperatrice ^a   Weber, Rolf Roland ^a   Sericano, Jose L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; MIREX; OXYCHLORDANE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TISSUE EXTRACT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FAT; PAH; SEABIRD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; SEABIRD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; GEOGRAPHY; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 58149196272     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.09.026     Document Type: Article

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