Organochlorine exposure and bioaccumulation in the endangered Northwest Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) population

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 654-666

  Weisbrod, Anne V ^a,b   Shea, Damian ^b   Moore, Michael J ^c   Stegeman, John J ^c  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Pesticide; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Whale; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WHALE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOACCUMULATION; CHLORINATION; CONTAMINATION; COPEPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TEMPERATURE; WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 0033995640     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190318     Document Type: Article

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