Spatial distribution of persistent organochlorines in ringed seal (Phoca hispida) blubber

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 291-302

  Severinsen, T ^a   Skaare, J U ^b   Lydersen, C ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Blubber; DDE; Marine mammals; Monitoring; Persistent organochlorines; Phoca hispida; PLBs; Ringed seal

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PINNIPED;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SAMPLING; SEAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; NORWAY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEALS, EARLESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033954479     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(99)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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