Metals and organochlorines in sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) stranded around the North Sea during the 1994/1995 winter

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-77

  Law, R J ^a   Stringer, R L ^b   Allchin, C R ^a   Jones, B R ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WHALE;

PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS; CETACEA; MACROCEPHALUS; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINES; TRACE METALS;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0029669095     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-326X(95)00182-M     Document Type: Article

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