Trace element concentrations in the tissues of cetaceans from Hong Kong's territorial waters

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-40

  Parsons, E C M ^a,b,c  

^a Cape d'Aguilar   (Hong Kong)

^b SEAQuEST   (United Kingdom)

^c HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finless porpoise; Hong Kong; Indo Pacific hump backed dolphin; Neophocaena phocaenoides; Pollution; Sousa chinensis; Trace elements; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SELENIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; MAMMAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DOLPHIN; HONG KONG; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; SEA POLLUTION;

CHINA;

CETACEA; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 0032904530     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892999000065     Document Type: Article

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