An overview of exposure to, and effects of, petroleum oil and organochlorine pollution in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 109-118

  Jenssen, Bjørn Munro ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Grey seals; Oil pollution; Organochlorines

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PETROLEUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RETINOL; THYROID HORMONE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY BURDEN; BONE LESION; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL;

ANIMALIA; GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PHOCIDAE;

GREY SEAL; ORGANOCHLORINE;

NORTH SEA; NORWAY;

EID: 0029661349     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05089-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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