Time-trends and congener profiles of PBDEs and PCBs in California peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 8744-8751

  Park, June Soo ^a   Holden, Arthur ^a   Chu, Vivian ^a   Kim, Michele ^a   Rhee, Alexandra ^a   Patel, Puja ^a   Shi, Yating ^a   Linthicum, Janet ^b   Walton, Brian J ^b   McKeown, Karen ^c   Jewell, Nicholas P ^c   Hooper, Kim ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Bird Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CONGENER PROFILES; DEBROMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; HALF LIVES; PEREGRINE FALCON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; URBAN LOCATIONS;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ETHERS; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RADIOACTIVITY; TIME SERIES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DIET; GRANIVORY; METABOLISM; NEST SITE; PBDE; PCB; RAPTOR; TEMPORAL PERIOD; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; DOVE; EGG; FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCONIFORMES; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; STARLING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALCONIFORMES; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HALOGENATION; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; COLUMBA; FALCO PEREGRINUS; STURNIDAE; ZENAIDA MACROURA;

EID: 72249083310     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901600h     Document Type: Article

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