Body feathers as a potential new biomonitoring tool in raptors: A study on organohalogenated contaminants in different feather types and preen oil of West Greenland white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla)

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1349-1356

  Jaspers, Veerle L B ^a   Rodriguez, Francisco Soler ^b   Boertmann, David ^c   Sonne, Christian ^c   Dietz, Rune ^c   Rasmussen, Lars Maltha ^d   Eens, Marcel ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Feathers; Greenland; Haliaeetus albicilla; Organohalogenated compounds; Preen oil; White tailed eagle

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; DUST; MUSCLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

FEATHERS; GREENLAND; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; ORGANOHALOGENATED COMPOUNDS; PREEN OIL; WHITE-TAILED EAGLE;

WASHING;

ACETONE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ACETONE; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; FEATHER; MOLT; MUSCLE; ORGANOHALOGEN; PCB; RAPTOR; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CARCASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EAGLE; FEATHER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RAPTOR; SOLVENT EFFECT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA GROENLANDICUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 79960929091     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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