Profiles of fecal porphyrins in river otters following the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1132-1138

  Taylor, Christopher ^a   Duffy, Lawrence K ^a   Terry Bowyer, R ^a   Blundell, Gail M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Biomarker; Exxon Valdez; Lontra canadensis; Porphyrins; Prince William Sound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPROPORPHYRIN; HEME; HEPTACARBOXYLATE PORPHYRIN I; PETROLEUM; PROTOPORPHYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROPORPHYRIN;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; PORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HEME SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; RIVER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GULF OF ALASKA;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE;

EID: 0033660178     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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