Trace elements in striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the western Mediterranean

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-68

  Monaci, F ^a   Borrel, A ^b   Leonzio, C ^a   Marsili, L ^a   Calzada, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Marine mammals; Mediterranean Sea; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; MERCURY; MERCURY SULFIDE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; DOLPHIN; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SKIN BIOPSY; TISSUE LEVEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (WEST);

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031812813     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00174-7     Document Type: Article

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