Levels and profiles of persistent organic pollutants in resident and migratory birds from an urbanized coastal region of South Korea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 1463-1470

  Hong, Sang Hee ^a,b   Shim, Won Joon ^a,b   Han, Gi Myung ^a   Ha, Sung Yong ^a   Jang, Mi ^a,b   Rani, Manviri ^a   Hong, Sunwook ^c   Yeo, Gwang Yeong ^d  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^c Our Sea of East Asia Network   (South Korea)

^d Wildlife Medical Center Nakdong Estuary Eco Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Migratory bird; Persistent organic pollutant; Resident bird; South Korea

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; COASTAL ZONES; CYCLOHEXANE; ECOSYSTEMS; INSECTICIDES; ISOTOPES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACCUMULATION FEATURES; BIOMONITORING; MIGRATORY BIRDS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOUTH KOREA; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CARBON; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; NITROGEN; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HCH; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARDEA ALBA; ARDEA CINEREA; ARTICLE; BIRD; COLUMBA LIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGRETTA GARZETTA; GAVIA PACIFICA; HABITAT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LARUS CRASSIROSTRIS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SOUTH KOREA; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; TROPHIC LEVEL; URBANIZATION; WINTER;

SOUTH KOREA;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; GAVIA PACIFICA;

BIOMONITORING; MIGRATORY BIRD; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RESIDENT BIRD; SOUTH KOREA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84891742626     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.089     Document Type: Article

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