The relationship between perfluorinated chemical levels in the feathers and livers of birds from different trophic levels

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 5894-5900

  Meyer, Johan ^a   Jaspers, Veerle L B ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a   de Coen, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Birds; Feathers; Liver; Perfluorinated chemicals; PFCs

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; BIOACCUMULATION POTENTIAL; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD SPECIES; FEATHERS; GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; LIVER TISSUE; PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PFCS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LIVER; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BIRDS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BIRD; FEATHER; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARDEA CINEREA; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FEMALE; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PICA PICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOPELIA DECAOCTA;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLUMBIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD CHAIN; LIVER; PASSERIFORMES; RAPTORS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ARDEA CINEREA; AVES; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 70349097607     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.07.032     Document Type: Article

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