Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in feathers of colonial water-bird species from Pakistan

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3044-3050

  Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a   Moeckel, Claudia ^b   Jones, Kevin C ^c   Hughes, David ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic birds; Egrets; Hazard quotients; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIRDS; EGRETS; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; PAKISTAN; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; TERRESTRIAL HABITAT; WATERBODIES;

BIRDS; EFFLUENTS; ETHERS; SEWAGE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EPSILON HEPTABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; EPSILON HEXABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 100; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 119; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 138; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 153; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 154; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 17; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 183; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 47; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 66; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 75; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 99; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; DOMINANCE; FEATHER; HABITAT USE; PBDE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUBULCUS IBIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EFFLUENT; EGRETTA GARZETTA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEATHER; FISH; FOOD PREFERENCE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER BIRD;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PAKISTAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

ARDEIDAE; AVES; BUBULCUS; BUBULCUS IBIS; EGRETTA GARZETTA;

EID: 80052323656     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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