Feathers as bioindicators of PCB exposure in clapper rails

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1003-1011

  Summers, J W ^a   Gaines, K F ^a   Garvin, N ^b   Stephens Jr , W L ^b   Cumbee Jr , J C ^c   Mills, G L ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aroclor 1268; Clapper rail; ELISA; LCP; Organochlorine; PCBs

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1268; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AROCLOR; POLLUTANT;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; BIRD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEATHER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLAPPER RAIL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEATHER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; AROCLORS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; LIVER; MUSCLES;

BRUNSWICK [GEORGIA]; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS;

EID: 79959365444     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0481-4     Document Type: Article

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