Assessment of organochlorine pesticide exposure in a wintering population of razorbills (Alca torda) from the southwestern Mediterranean

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1190-1198

  Espín, Silvia ^a   Martínez López, Emma ^a   Gómez Ramírez, Pilar ^a   María Mojica, Pedro ^a,b   García Fernández, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Santa Faz Wildlife Recovery Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alca torda; Organochlorine pesticides; Razorbill; Southwestern Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; HISTOLOGY; INSECTICIDES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TISSUE;

ALCA TORDA; MARINE BIRDS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE RESIDUES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; RAZORBILL; SOUTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE TYPES;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALDRIN; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DIELDRIN; DRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDOSULFAN SULFATE; ENDRIN; ENDRIN ALDEHYDE; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE CLASS; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; FAT; JUVENILE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD; TOXICITY TEST;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ALCA TORDA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; JUVENILE; LIVER; MALE; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; SEABIRD; SPAIN; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

ALCA; ALCA TORDA; ALCIDAE; AVES;

EID: 77955430591     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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