Heavy metals in livers of bottlenose dolphins stranded along the South Carolina coast

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 734-739

  Beck, K M ^a   Fair, P ^a   McFee, W ^a   Wolf, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOLPHIN; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS;

EID: 0030731705     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(97)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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