Concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the eggs of predatory birds in Britain

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 9010-9015

  Pereira, M Glória ^a   Walker, Lee A ^a   Wright, Julian ^a   Best, Jennifer ^b   Shore, Richard F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AILSA CRAIG; BASS ROCK; BRITAIN; DIFFUSE SOURCES; PETROGENIC; PREDATORY BIRDS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; NAPHTHALENE;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EGG; PAH; PETROGENESIS; PREDATOR; SEABIRD; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; SYNTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; OVUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AQUILA; AVES; SULIDAE;

EID: 72249091273     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901805e     Document Type: Article

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