Levels and enantiomeric ratios of α-HCH, oxychlordane, and PCB 149 in blubber of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) from Iceland and further species

Chemosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 9-12, 1998, Pages 2501-2512

  Klobes, Ulrike ^a   Vetter, Walter ^a   Luckas, Bernd ^a   Skírnisson, Karl ^b   Plötz, Jochen ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEAL (ANIMAL);

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENANTIOMER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ICELAND; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; SEAL;

ANIMALS; CHLORDAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICELAND; LINDANE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEALS, EARLESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ICELAND;

ANIMALIA; GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032191436     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00305-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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