Organochlorine levels in subcutaneous blubber biopsies of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) and striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalbd) from the Mediterranean Sea

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Marsili, Letizia ^a   Focardi, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DDTs; Dolphins; Marine mammals; PCBs; Whales

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BLUBBER BIOPSIES; DDTS; ORGANOCHLORINES; PCBS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GENDER; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WHALE;

EID: 0029668760     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(95)00037-R     Document Type: Article

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