Spatial and temporal patterns of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) in eggs of a coastal bird from northwestern Iberia after a major oil spill

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2668-2673

  Vidal, María ^a   Domínguez, Jesús ^a   Luís, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eggs; Kentish plover; Nw iberian; Pahs; Prestige oil spill

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DEFORESTATION; HYDROCARBONS; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION;

EGGS; KENTISH PLOVER; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; NW IBERIAN; PENTACYCLIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); PRESTIGE OIL SPILL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHYLENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; EGG; FOREST FIRE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; PAH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WADER;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; KENTISH PLOVER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OIL SPILL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIRDS; COASTS; DEFORESTATION; EGGS; HYDROCARBONS; IBERIA; POLLUTION; SPILLS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

AVES; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; TETRA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OVUM; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79960937065     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.03.025     Document Type: Article

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