| organochlorine pesticide contamination in three bird species of the embalse la florida water reservoir in the semiarid midwest of argentina. | organochlorine pesticides (ocs) have a variety of acute and chronic pathological effects on animals, are persistent in the environment and are accumulated in adipose tissue of animals. in argentina there are few studies reporting the oc contamination in the fauna. moreover, no data are available for an ecologically relevant region, the arid-semiarid midwest region of argentina. recently, it was reported oc contamination in the water of an important artificial water reservoir of this area, the em ... | 2007 | 17688913 |
| contamination of heavy metals in birds from embalse la florida (san luis, argentina). | embalse la florida is an artificial lake located in midwestern argentina's san luis province. it provides drinking water to approximately 70% of the province's human population and approximately 20% of the province is irrigated with water from the reservoir. the presence of heavy metals in embalse la florida's water has previously been reported. nevertheless, no information about the levels of these contaminants in birds is available for this region. the aim of this study, therefore, is to (1) e ... | 2009 | 19890561 |