Heavy metals and methylmercury in tissues of Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) and Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded in Italy (South Adriatic Sea)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 703-710

  Storelli, M M ^a   Zizzo, N ^b   Marcotrigiano, G O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DOLPHIN; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; METAL METABOLISM; SEA POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; ITALY; METALS, HEAVY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; WHALES;

EID: 0032765235     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289901037     Document Type: Article

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