Copper, cadmium and zinc in liver, kidney and muscle tissues of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatas) stranded in Florida

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 886-889

  Wood, Catherine M ^a   Van Vleet, Edward S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DOLPHIN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

TURSIOPS TRUNCATAS; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

BASELINE DATA; BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METALS; STRANDING; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS;

USA, FLORIDA;

EID: 0030302820     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(96)00091-4     Document Type: Article

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