Temporal trends of organochlorine contamination in Black Guillemots in Iceland from 1976 to 1996

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 509-515

  Ólafsdóttir, Kristín ^a   Petersen, Ævar ^b   Magnúsdóttir, Elín V ^a   Björnsson, Thorvaldur ^b   Jóhannesson, Torkell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Age trends; Black Guillemot; Iceland; Organochlorines; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

BLACK GUILLEMOTS; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINATION; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; MARINE ENGINEERING; PESTICIDES;

WATER POLLUTION;

CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

BIOINDICATOR; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANOCHLORINE; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; ICELAND; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEABIRD;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ICELAND; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; MALE; MUSCLES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AVES; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; FALCO; FALCO RUSTICOLUS; INVERTEBRATA; LARIDAE;

EID: 7444235978     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.06.016     Document Type: Article

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