Assessment of the exposure to organochlorine pesticides, PCBs and PAHs in six species of predatory birds of the Canary Islands, Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 146-153

  Luzardo, Octavio P ^a   Ruiz Suárez, Norberto ^a   Henríquez Hernández, Luis Alberto ^a   Valerón, Pilar F ^a   Camacho, María ^a   Zumbado, Manuel ^a   Boada, Luis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds of prey; Canary Islands; Liver; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; LIVER; METABOLITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; BIRDS OF PREY; CANARY ISLANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS);

CONTAMINATION;

DIELDRIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; METABOLITE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PCB; PESTICIDE; RAPTOR;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIO OTUS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BUTEO BUTEO; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALCO PELEGRINOIDES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TYTO ALBA;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; FALCO PELEGRINOIDES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; FALCONIDAE; RAPTORES;

BIRDS OF PREY; CANARY ISLANDS; LIVER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SPAIN;

EID: 84888341087     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.021     Document Type: Article

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