Concentrations and accumulation patterns of organochlorine contaminants in the blubber of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, from the coast of Newfoundland, the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-119

  Westgate, Andrew J ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Gaskin, David E ^a   Kingsley, Michael C S ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harbour porpoise; Organochlorines; PCBs; Phocoena phocoena; Western North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BORNANE DERIVATIVE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANADA; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHLORINATED BORNANES; CONCENTRATIONS; HARBOUR PORPOISE; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINES; PCBS;

ATLANTIC, BAY OF FUNDY; ATLANTIC, GULF OF MAINE; CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND; GULF OF ST LAWRENCE;

EID: 0031002639     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00073-5     Document Type: Article

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