Did natural changes save the grey seal of the Baltic Sea? Hypothesis or reality

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 119-131

  Roots, Ott ^a  

^a Ministry of the Environment Tallinn   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Estonia; Food chain; Grey seal; PCB; Salinity

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOMERS; MARINE BIOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

FOOD CHAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DIETARY SHIFT; MARINE MAMMAL; PCB; SEAL (ANIMAL);

BALTIC SEA; ESTONIA;

ANIMALIA; GADUS MORHUA; GRYPUS; HALICHOERES; HALICHOERES GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032964929     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772249909358693     Document Type: Article

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