Heavy metals in dolphins stranded on the French Atlantic coast

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-249

  Holsbeek, Ludo ^a   Siebert, Ursula ^a,b   Joiris, Claude R ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dolphins; French Atlantic coast; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; DOLPHIN; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DEMETHYLATION; DOLPHIN; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FRANCE, ATLANTIC COAST;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032479512     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00177-6     Document Type: Article

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