Trace element levels in harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) from the Greenland Sea. A multivariate approach

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 250, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 123-133

  Julshamn, K ^a   Grahl Nielsen, O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Harp seal; Hooded seal; Multivariate statistics; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MERCURY; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; MARINE MAMMAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREENLAND; JUVENILE; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MEAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEALS, EARLESS; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GREENLAND SEA;

CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA; PAGOPHILUS GROENLANDICUS; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0034709209     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00371-5     Document Type: Article

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