Levels and pattern of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in eggs of Antarctic seabirds: Endemic versus migratory species

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 975-980

  Yogui, G T ^a   Sericano, J L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinstrap penguin; Gentoo penguin; King George Island; PBDE; South polar skua

Indexed keywords

CHINSTRAP PENGUIN; GENTOO PENGUIN; KING GEORGE ISLAND; PBDE; SOUTH POLAR SKUA;

ATMOSPHERICS; ETHERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BIRDS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BREEDING SEASON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PBDE; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; OVUM; PACIFIC OCEAN; RAPTORS; SEASONS; SPHENISCIDAE;

AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 58249134376     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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