Using the kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) as a bioindicator of PCBs and PBDEs in the dinghushan biosphere reserve, China

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1655-1662

  Mo, Ling ^a,c   Wu, Jiang Ping ^a   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Li, Ke Lin ^b   Peng, Ying ^a,c   Feng, An Hong ^a,c   Zhang, Qiang ^d   Zou, Fa Sheng ^d   Mai, Bi Xian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d South China Institute of Endangered Animals   (China)

Author keywords

Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve; Piscivorous bird; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PDEs); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Toxic equivalent quantity

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE RESERVE; PISCIVOROUS BIRDS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); TOXIC-EQUIVALENT QUANTITY;

BIRDS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FORESTRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY) ETHANE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NATURE RESERVE; PBDE; PCB; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WASTE TREATMENT;

ALCEDO ATTHIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; BIRD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BIRDS; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FORESTRY; IMPURITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHINA; DINGHUSHAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE; GUANGDONG;

ALCEDINIDAE; ALCEDO ATTHIS; AVES;

EID: 84878692878     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2227     Document Type: Article

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