PCB concentrations in eggs and chorioallantoic membranes of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge

Chemosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 539-549

  Cobb, George P ^a   Wood, Pattie D ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; TURTLE;

ALLANTOIN; ANIMALS; CHORION; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TURTLES;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANES; EGGS; PCB;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0031060982     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(96)00386-4     Document Type: Article

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