The selective dietary accumulation of planar polychlorinated biphenyls in the otter (Lutra lutra)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1807-1815

  Leonards, Pim E G ^a,b   Zierikzee, Yolanda ^a   Brinkman, Udo A Th ^b   Cofino, Wim P ^a   Van Straalen, Nico M ^b   Van Hattum, Bert ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Food web transfer; Mustelids; Planar PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 0030853456     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1807:TSDAOP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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