Geographical PCB and DDT Patterns in shearwaters (Calonectris sp.) breeding across the NE atlantic and the mediterranean archipelagos

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2328-2334

  Roscales, Jose L ^a,b   Muñoz Arnanz, Juan ^b   Lez SOLÍS, Jacob Gonzá ^a   Jiménez, Begoña ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBORAN SEA; ATLANTIC BASIN; BIOMONITORING; BIOMONITORS; CANARY ISLANDS; FOOD WEBS; GEOGRAPHIC RANGES; GEOGRAPHIC TREND; GEOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOCHLORINES; SCALE PATTERN; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

ECOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BREEDING POPULATION; DDT; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEABIRD; SPECIALIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREEDING; CHLORINATION; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIRDS; BREEDING; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AVES; CALONECTRIS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 77950440700     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902994y     Document Type: Article

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