Anthropogenic and natural organohalogen compounds in blubber of dolphins and dugongs (Dugong dugon) from Northeastern Australia

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 221-231

  Vetter, W ^a   Scholz, E ^a   Gaus, C ^b   Muller J F ^b   Haynes, D ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b University of Queensland and Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences   (Australia)

^c GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; MARINE MAMMAL; ORGANOHALOGEN; TURTLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; DOLPHIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BOIDAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DDT; DOLPHINS; DUGONG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HALOGENS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; DUGONG DUGON; MAMMALIA; MORELIA SPILOTA; MYDAS; TESTUDINES; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034907759     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002440010241     Document Type: Article

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