Relationship of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and polychlorinated dibenzofuran levels to stable-nitrogen isotope abundance in marine birds and mammals in coastal California

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1010-1013

  Jarman, Walter M ^a   Sydeman, William J ^b   Hobson, Keith A ^c   Bergqvist, Per Anders ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Marine bird; Marine mammal; PCDD; PCDF; Stable nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; NITROGEN ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; EGG; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION MONITORING; MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CEPPHUS COLUMBA; CERORHINCA MONOCERATA; COLUMBA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PHALACROCORAX PENICILLATUS; RHINOCEROS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0030904206     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620160521     Document Type: Article

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