Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in birds from Chongming Island, Yangtze estuary, China: Insight into migratory behavior

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1416-1425

  Huang, Kai ^a   Lin, Kuangfei ^a   Guo, Jie ^a   Zhou, Xiaoyu ^a   Wang, Junxia ^a   Zhao, Jianhua ^a   Zhou, Peng ^a   Xu, Feng ^a   Liu, Lili ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatidae duck; Asian Pacific region; Eurasian tree sparrow; Migratory behavior; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; FORESTRY; MOLLUSCS; MUSCLE;

ANATIDAE DUCK; ASIAN-PACIFIC REGION; EURASIAN TREE SPARROW; MIGRATORY BEHAVIORS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SHOREBIRD;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CARBON; NITROGEN; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; BREEDING SITE; CRUSTACEAN; GASTROPOD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MUSCLE; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS POECILORHYNCHA; ANAS STREPERA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BIOACCUMULATION; CALIDRIS ACCUMINATA; CALIDRIS ALPINE; CALIDRIS TENUIROSTRIS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINES; CHARADRIUS MONGOLUS; CHINA; FOOD COMPOSITION; MIGRANT BIRD; NONHUMAN; PASSER MONTANUS;

BIRDS; CHINA; ETHERS; FORESTRY; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; MIGRATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BLACK SEA; CHINA; CHONGMING ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM; SHANGHAI;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES; BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; PASSER MONTANUS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; ISLANDS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84876423201     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.01.042     Document Type: Article

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