Occurrence and biomagnification of organohalogen pollutants in two terrestrial predatory food chains

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 506-511

  Yu, Lehuan ^a,b   Luo, Xiaojun ^a   Zheng, Xiaobo ^a,b   Zeng, Yanhong ^a,b   Chen, Da ^c   Wu, Jiangping ^a   Mai, Bixian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomagnification; Organohalogen pollutants; Terrestrial predator

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRDS; ISOMERS; METABOLITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTORS; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; ORGANOHALOGEN POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); TERRESTRIAL PREDATOR;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

DECHLORANE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FOOD CHAIN; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; POLLUTANT; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR;

ARTICLE; ATHENE NOCTUA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BIRD; BUBO BUBO; EAGLE; ENANTIOMER; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; FOOD CHAIN; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; OWL; RAPTOR; SPARROW;

ATHENE NOCTUA; AVES; BUBO BUBO; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; PASSER MONTANUS; RAPTORES; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; STRIGIFORMES;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMAGNIFICATION; ORGANOHALOGEN POLLUTANTS; TERRESTRIAL PREDATOR;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RAPTORS; RATS; SPARROWS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84882822711     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.06.023     Document Type: Article

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