Persistent organochlorine residues in harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from the Black Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 338-347

  Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a   Madhusree, Bathini ^a   Öztürk, Ayaka Amaha ^b   Tatsukawa, Ryo ^a   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^c   Özdamar, Emin ^d   Aral, Orhan ^e   Samsun, Osman ^e   Öztürk, Bayram ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JICA Turkey Office   (Turkey)

^e ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Black Sea; DDTs; Harbour porpoise; HCHs; Organochlorines; PCBs

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; HARBOUR PORPOISES; MAMMALS; ORGANOCHLORINES;

BLACK SEA;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 0030618487     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(96)00081-1     Document Type: Article

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