Chlorinated hydrocarbon (HCB, DDTs and PCBs) levels in cetaceans stranded along the Italian coasts: An overview

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-180

  Marsili, Letizia ^a   Focardi, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Marine mammals; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DOLPHIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ITALY; LACTATION; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; WHALE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CETACEANS; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DDT; HCB; MAMMALS; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOCHLORINES; PCBS;

ITALY;

BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; STENO BREDANENSIS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS; LIPIDS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

CETACEANS; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

EID: 0030615857     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005786627533     Document Type: Article

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