Polychlorinated biphenyl residues in blubber of male Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) that stranded and died at Matagorda Bay

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 323-332

  Finklea, B ^a   Miller, G ^b   Busbee, D ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LD 50; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MALE; MORTALITY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0034023205     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280000003     Document Type: Article

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