Validation of the blubber biopsy technique for monitoring of organochlorine contaminants in balaenopterid whales

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-179

  Gauthier, J M ^a   Metcalfe, C D ^a   Sears, R ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MINGAN ISLAND CETACEAN STUDY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CETACEA; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; LIPOPHILICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; WATER POLLUTION; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; MUSCULUS;

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BLUBBER BIOPSY; ORGANOCHLORINES; VALIDATION;

EID: 0030620421     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-1136(96)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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