Razorbill (Alca torda) feathers as an alternative tool for evaluating exposure to organochlorine pesticides

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 183-190

  Espín, Silvia ^a   Martínez López, Emma ^a   María Mojica, Pedro ^a,b   García Fernández, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Santa Faz Wildlife Recovery Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alca torda; Biomonitoring; Feathers; Organochlorine pesticides; Razorbill

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDOSULFAN I; ENDOSULFAN II; ENDOSULFAN SULFATE; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDD; DDE; DDT; DIET; ENDOSULFAN; FEATHER; MIGRATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; SEABIRD;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE; ALCA TORDA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEATHER; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; IRAN; MALE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SEX FACTORS;

ALCA; ALCA TORDA; AVES;

EID: 84856279043     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0777-z     Document Type: Article

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