Species-specific accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in birds of prey from the Chesapeake Bay region, USA - Chen, Da; Hale, Robert C.; Watts, Bryan D.; La Guardia, Mark J.; Harvey, Ellen; Mojica, Elizabeth K. (Environmental pollution (1987), 2010)
Keywords: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Aves; BDE-209; Bioaccumulation; Biological and medical sciences; Biomagnification factor; Birds; birds of prey; breeding; chemistry; Chesapeake Bay; Congeners; Contamination; DDE (pesticide); Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on vertebrates; eggs; Environmental Monitoring; estuaries; Ethers; Falco peregrinus; Falco perigrinus; Falconiformes; Falconiformes - physiology; falcons; Feeding Behavior; fish; flame retardants; Flame Retardants - metabolism; Food Chain; food webs; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers - metabolism; Hazard quotient; Hazards; landscapes; Maryland; metabolism; Osprey; Ovum; Ovum - chemistry; Pandion haliaetus; PBDEs; Peregrine falcon; persistent organic pollutants; Phalacrocorax auritus; physiology; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; polychlorinated biphenyls; reproductive performance; Species Specificity; United States; Urbanization; United States; North America; America; Maryland; Chesapeake Bay; ANW, USA, Chesapeake Bay; USA; Hazard quotient; Osprey; Biomagnification factor; Peregrine falcon; PBDEs; BDE-209; Toxicity; Flame retardant; Species specificity; Low volatile compound; Falco peregrinus; Raptor; Persistent organic pollutant; Vertebrata; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Pandion haliaetus; Bromine Organic compounds; Aves; Biological accumulation; Organic compounds; Biomagnification