Accumulation and toxicity assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls in black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) from Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-81

  Caccamise, Sarah A L ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Wu, Liejun ^a   Woodward, Lee Ann ^b   Li, Qing X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black footed albatross; Ecological indicator; Midway Atoll; North Pacific Ocean; PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls; TEQ; Toxic equivalents

Indexed keywords

BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; MIDWAY ATOLL; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; PCBS; TEQ; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ;

ADDITIVES; ANIMALS; HISTOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIPID; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POULTRY; RISK FACTOR; SEABIRD; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

AVES; DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; PHOEBASTRIA NIGRIPES;

EID: 84862812399     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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