| brominated flame retardants and organochlorine pollutants in aquatic and terrestrial predatory birds of belgium: levels, patterns, tissue distribution and condition factors. | liver and muscle samples from 7 species of aquatic and terrestrial predatory birds from flanders (belgium) were analysed for polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs), polybrominated diphenylethers (pbdes) and organochlorine pesticides (ocps). pcbs were the predominant compounds in our samples, which showed highest concentrations in the liver of barn owl (tyto alba) and sparrowhawk (accipiter nisus) (up to 1000 microg/g lipid weight). pbdes could be determined in most samples at lower concentrations than ... | 2006 | 16005130 |
| legacy and current-use brominated flame retardants in the barn owl. | the present study investigated the current-use brominated flame retardants (bfrs) tetrabromobisphenol a (tbbpa) and hexabromocyclododecane (hbcd), simultaneously with legacy polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbdes), in barn owls (tyto alba) collected from two regions with a contrasting degree of urbanisation and vicinity to point sources (flanders in belgium versus normandy in france). both tissues (muscle, liver, adipose and preen gland) and feathers (primary, tail and body feathers) showed eleva ... | 2014 | 24300457 |