Eurasian dipper eggs indicate elevated organohalogenated contaminants in urban rivers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 8931-8939

  Morrissey, Christy A ^a,b   Stanton, David W G ^b   Pereira, M Glória ^c   Newton, Jason ^d   Durance, Isabelle ^b   Tyler, Charles R ^e   Ormerod, Steve J ^b  

^a University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMAN POPULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SEWAGE POLLUTIONS; TOXIC POLLUTANTS; URBAN LAND COVER;

CATCHMENTS; INSECTICIDES; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEWAGE;

URBAN GROWTH;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERSISTENCE; RECOLONIZATION; RIVER POLLUTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN REGION;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEPLETION; EGG; HALOGENATION; HUMAN; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; SONGBIRD; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EURASIA;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BIRDS; EGGS; EUROPE; FRESH WATER; HALOGENS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84881407060     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402124z     Document Type: Article

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