Avian guano: A non-destructive biomonitoring tool for organic pollutants in environment

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 284-286

  Joshi, M ^a   Bakre, P P ^b   Bhatnagar, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Applied Sciences   (India)

^c IIS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Guano; Organochlorine pesticides

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; ELEVATED LEVEL; ENDOSULFANS; FECAL SAMPLES; GUANO; HEXACHLOROHEXANES; NON DESTRUCTIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE RESIDUES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINE RESIDUES; SUBURBAN AREAS; URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS;

ISOMERS; PESTICIDES; RURAL AREAS;

MANURES;

BIOMONITORING; BIRD; DDT; ENDOSULFAN; GUANO; HABITAT QUALITY; HCH; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA;

INDIA; JAIPUR; RAJASTHAN;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 84864217905     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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