Organic contaminants in bats: Trends and new issues

Environment International

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-52

  Bayat, Sara ^a   Geiser, Fritz ^a   Kristiansen, Paul ^a   Wilson, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bats; Mortality; Organic contaminants; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HISTOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

BATS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; MORTALITY; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES);

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; FENVALERATE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; NONACHLOR; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; OXYCHLORDANE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANYLSULFONATE; PERMETHRIN; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYFLUOROALKYL COMPOUND; PYRETHROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANNUAL CYCLE; BAT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MORTALITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POPULATION DECLINE;

BAT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARCINOGENESIS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPOSURE; FORAGING; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LIPID STORAGE; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; TREND STUDY;

BATS; MORTALITY; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; PESTICIDES;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84887907942     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.10.009     Document Type: Review

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