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    Possible involvement of microcystins in the unexplained mass mortalities of Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor Geoffroy) at Lake Manyara in Tanzania

    Frequent mortality of Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) in East African alkaline saline lakes is a tragedy to the conservation of this nearly threatened species of birds. The objective of this study was to in...

    H. E. Nonga, M. Sandvik, C. O. Miles, E. Lie, R. H. Mdegela… in Hydrobiologia (2011)

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    Heavy Metals and Organochlorine Residues in Water, Sediments, and Fish in Aquatic Ecosystems in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas in Tanzania

    Heavy metals and organochlorine residues were determined in water, sediment, fish muscle, and freshwater shrimps from aquatic environments in urban and peri-urban areas in Morogoro, Tanzania. Most of the water...

    R. H. Mdegela, M. Braathen, A. E. Pereka, R. D. Mosha… in Water, Air, and Soil Pollution (2009)

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    Immune Function and Organochlorine Pollutants in Arctic Breeding Glaucous Gulls

    Organochlorine contaminants (OCs) are known to affect the immune systems of wildlife, and in this study we assessed the relationship between blood concentration of different OCs and measurements relevant to im...

    J. O. Bustnes, S. A. Hanssen, I. Folstad… in Archives of Environmental Contamination an… (2004)

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    Geographic variation of PCB congeners in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard east to the Chukchi Sea

    We present data on geographic variation in polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners in adult female polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard eastward to the Chukchi Sea. Blood samples from 90 free-living pola...

    M. Andersen, E. Lie, A.E. Derocher, S.E. Belikov, A. Bernhoft… in Polar Biology (2001)

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    Feeding Ecology and the Concentration of Organochlorines in Glaucous Gulls

    We investigated the blood concentrations of organochlorines (OCs) and the diet of glaucous gulls Larus hyperboreus breeding in two neighbouring areas at Bear Island in the Barents Sea, north-eastern Atlantic. One...

    J. O. Bustnes, K. E. Erikstad, V. Bakken, F. Mehlum, J. U. Skaare in Ecotoxicology (2000)

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    Organochlorines and Possible Biochemical Effects in Glaucous Gulls (Larus hyperboreus) from Bjørnøya, the Barents Sea

    To study possible biochemical effects of organochlorine contaminants (OCs) in glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus), 40 adult individuals were collected from colonies on Bjørnøya in the Barents Sea. OCs (four pest...

    E. O. Henriksen, G. W. Gabrielsen… in Archives of Environmental Contamination an… (2000)

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    Yolk PCB and Plasma Retinol Concentrations in Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) Hatchlings

    To evaluate the possibilities of applying plasma retinol as a biomarker of response in seabirds exposed to chronic low levels of organochlorines, the relationship between yolk content of polychlorinated biph...

    K. M. Murvoll, J. U. Skaare, V. H. Nilssen… in Archives of Environmental Contamination an… (1999)

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    Levels of Organochlorine Pesticides Residues in Milk of Urban Mothers in Kenya

    J. K. Kinyamu, L. W. Kanja, J. U. Skaare… in Bulletin of Environmental Contamination an… (1998)

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    An Evaluation of DDT and DDT Residues in Human Breast Milk in the Kariba Valley of Zimbabwe

    O. Chikuni, A. Polder, J. U. Skaare… in Bulletin of Environmental Contamination an… (1997)

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    Aldrin epoxidase and 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity in livers from lambs of three different breeds of Norwegian sheep

    The concentration of aldrin epoxidase was significantly greater in the livers of Norwegian Pelt lambs than in those of Rygja lambs but did not differ significantly between either of these two breeds and Spael ...

    A. Flåøyen, J. U. Skaare, G. B. Grønstøl in Veterinary Research Communications (1994)

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    Glutathione transferase activity in livers from lambs of three different breeds of Norwegian sheep, and its possible relationship to alveld

    A. Flåøyen, J. U. Skaare, K. Bråten in Veterinary Research Communications (1992)

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    Organochlorines in crocodile eggs from Kenya

    J. U. Skaare, K. Ingebrigtsen, A. Aulie… in Bulletin of Environmental Contamination an… (1991)

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    Levels of environmental pollutants in male and female flounder (Platichthys flesus L.) and cod (Gadus morhua L.) caught during the year 1988 near or in the waterway of Glomma, the largest river of Norway. I. Polychlorinated biphenyls

    Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs, in liver samples of 111 and 121 flounder (Platichthys flesus L.) and cod (Gadus morhua L.), respectively, were determined gas chromatographically by quantification of 9 ...

    I. Marthinsen, G. Staveland, J. U. Skaare… in Archives of Environmental Contamination an… (1991)