A comparison of non-destructive sampling strategies to assess the exposure of white-tailed eagle nestlings (Haliaeetus albicilla) to persistent organic pollutants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 410-411, Issue , 2011, Pages 258-265

  Eulaers, Igor ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a   Hofman, Jelle ^a   Nygård, Torgeir ^b   Halley, Duncan J ^b   Pinxten, Rianne ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a   Jaspers, Veerle L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body feathers; Nestling; Non destructive sampling; POPs; Preen oil; White tailed eagle

Indexed keywords

BODY FEATHERS; NESTLING; NON DESTRUCTIVE; POPS; PREEN OIL; WHITE-TAILED EAGLE;

BLOOD; ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEATHER; NESTLING; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLORINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEATHER; GROOMING; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; LAKE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; GROOMING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; OILS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA;

EID: 80655124453     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.070     Document Type: Article

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