Geographical differences in organochlorine contaminants in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena from the western North Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 177, Issue , 1999, Pages 255-268

  Westgate, Andrew J ^a   Tolley, Krystal A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Harbour porpoise; Organochlorine contaminants; Population structure; Western North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

DDT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; PORPOISE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

(NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

GASPE; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033545421     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps177255     Document Type: Article

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