Organohalogen exposure in a Eurasian Eagle owl (Bubo bubo) population from Southeastern Spain: Temporal-spatial trends and risk assessment

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 903-911

  Gomez Ramirez P ^a   Martinez Lopez E ^a   Garcia Fernandez A J ^a   Zweers, A J ^b   van den Brink, N W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eggshell thinning; Enzyme induction; Organohalogen; Owls; Risk assessment; Space temporal trends

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYMES; LAND USE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EGGSHELL THINNING; ENZYME INDUCTION; ORGANOHALOGENS; OWLS; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DIETARY SHIFT; EGGSHELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAND USE CHANGE; METABOLISM; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; PCB; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUBO BUBO; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; EAGLE; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HATCHING; LAND USE; NEST PREDATION; NONHUMAN; OWL; POLLUTION; PREY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREND STUDY;

CARTAGENA [MURCIA]; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

AVES; BUBO BUBO; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84861957526     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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