Organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, heavy metals and anticoagulant rodenticides in tissues of Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) from upper Loire River catchment (France)

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1120-1124

  Lemarchand, Charles ^a   Rosoux, René ^b   Berny, Philippe ^a  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^b Museum des Sciences Naturelles   (France)

Author keywords

France; Heavy metals; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; Road traffic killed otter; Rodenticides

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONSERVATION; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; HISTOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RAT CONTROL; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDE; FRANCE; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ROAD TRAFFIC; RODENTICIDES; SPECIES CONSERVATIONS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ARSENIC; BRODIFACOUM; BROMADIOLONE; CADMIUM; CHLOROPHACINONE; COPPER; COUMATETRALYL; DIFENACOUM; DIFETHIALONE; FLOCOUMAFEN; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RODENTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; HEAVY METAL; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIPID; MUSTELID; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVER BASIN; ROADKILL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WEIGHT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CATCHMENT; CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; FRESH WEIGHT; LIVER; LUTRA LUTRA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAFFIC;

LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 77955430654     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.06.026     Document Type: Article

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