Contamination by persistent organochlorines in small cetaceans from Hong Kong coastal waters

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 1-12, 1999, Pages 383-392

  Minh, Tu Binh ^a   Watanabe, Mafumi ^a   Nakata, Haruhiko ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a   Jefferson, Thomas A ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ocean Park Conservation Foundation   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)METHANE; TRIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CETACEAN; COASTAL WATERS; ORGANOCHLORINE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CETACEA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; HONG KONG; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; SEAL; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHINA;

CETACEA; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; PHOCIDAE; PHOCOENIDAE; SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 0032868871     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00066-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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