PCBs and DDTs in light-vented bulbuls from Guangdong Province, South China: Levels, geographical pattern and risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 815-821

  Sun, Yu Xin ^a,b   Hao, Qing ^b,c   Zheng, Xiao Bo ^a,c   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Zhang, Zai Wang ^b,c   Zhang, Qiang ^d   Xu, Xiang Rong ^b   Zou, Fa Sheng ^d   Mai, Bi Xian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

DDTs; Geographical distribution; Light vented bulbul; PCBs; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTES;

DDTS; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; LIGHT-VENTED BULBUL; PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; METABOLITE; MUSCLE; PASSERINE; PCB; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYCNONOTUS SINENSIS; RECYCLING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHINA; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PASSERIFORMES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84901824892     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.066     Document Type: Article

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