Geographical variation of persistent organochlorine concentrations in blubber of ringed seal (Phoca hispida) from the Canadian arctic: Univariate and multivariate approaches

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 321-333

  Michael Weis, I ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian arctic; Geographical variation; Organic contaminants; PCBs; Ringed seals (Phoca hispida)

Indexed keywords

CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOCHLORINES; PCBS; RINGED SEAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANADA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 0030828261     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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