Persistent organochlorines in Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) from the bulk of Alaska and the Bering Sea, 1976-1981

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 535-544

  Lee, J S ^a   Tanabe, S ^a   Umino, H ^a   Tatsukawa, R ^a   Loughlin, T R ^b   Calkins, D C ^c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; LACTATION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL; UNITED STATES; USSR;

ANIMALIA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PHOCIDAE;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINES;

BERING; USA, ALASKA;

EID: 0030176841     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-326X(96)84572-3     Document Type: Article

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