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TABLE 14.3
Organochlorine Residues in the Eggs (Y = Yolk, A = Albumen) of Different Species of Birds of Prey of the World

o,p ʹ -
DDD

p,p ʹ -
DDD

p,p ʹ -
DDE

o,p ʹ -
DDT

p,p ʹ -
DDT Species Country N HCB ∑DDTs Sample Units Source

Accipiter gentilis Spain 24 14.0

(3.3-286.1)

— — 292.5

(38.5-
3,660)

— — — Y + A GM

ng/g
WW

Mañosa et al.
(2003)

Accipiter gentilis Spain 8 ND — ND 154 — ND — Y + A AM

ng/g
WW

Martínez-
López et al.
(2007)

Aquila adalberti Spain 102 — — — 1,163

(NA-
18,001)

— — — Y + A GM

ng/g
WW

Hernández et
al. (2008)

Aquila chrysaetos United

Kingdom

126 — — — 44 — — — Y + A GM

ng/g
WW

Shore et al.
(2006b)

Aquila chrysaetos Sweden 14 — — — — — — 3,700 Y + A AM

ng/g
LW

Helander et al.
(2008)

Asio otus Russia 10 NC

(ND-410)

— ND 410

(60-
4,580)

— ND — Y + A GM

ng/g
WW

Henny et al.
(2003a)

Athene
cunicularia

United
States

9 — — — 7,520

(1,500-
33,000)

— — — Y + A GM

ng/g
WW

Gervais et al.
(2000)

Athene noctua Belgium 39 180

(35-1,110)

— — — — — 1,400

(200-
7,300)

Y + A AM

ng/g
LW

Jaspers et al.
(2005)

Bubo virginianus United

States

7 — — — — — — 1,305

(618-
2,013)

Y + A GM

ng/g
WW

Strause et al.
(2007)

Buteo buteo Spain 8 15.5

(4.5-34.7)

— — 113.0

(15.9-
909.6)

— — — Y + A GM

ng/g
WW

Mañosa et al.
(2003)

(continued)