Blood biomarkers and contaminant levels in feathers and eggs to assess environmental hazards in heron nestlings from impacted sites in Ebro basin (NE Spain)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 704-710

  Barata, C ^a   Fabregat, M C ^a   Cotin J ^b   Huertas, D ^b   Sole M ^c   Quiros L ^a   Sanpera, C ^b   Jover, L ^b   Ruiz, X ^b   Grimalt, J O ^a   Pina B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ardeida; Esterases; Lactate dehydrogenase oxidative stress; Mercury; Organochlorine compounds; Total oxyradical scavenging capacity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE; ARDEIDA; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CHLOR-ALKALI INDUSTRY; CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS; EBRO BASIN; EBRO RIVER; ELEVATED LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HIGH FREQUENCY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION EFFECTS; POLYCHLOROBIPHENYLS; REFERENCE SITES; RESPONSE PATTERNS; RIVER DELTAS; SCAVENGING CAPACITY;

BLOOD; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FEATHER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NESTLING; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; EGG; FEATHER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MICRONUCLEUS; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER BASIN; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRDS; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SPAIN;

EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

ARDEA PURPUREA; EGRETTA GARZETTA;

EID: 74149094164     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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