Current levels of DDT, PCB and trace elements in the Baltic ringed seals (Phoca hispida baltica) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 399-412

  Nyman, Madeleine ^a   Koistinen, Jaana ^b   Fant, Marie Louise ^a   Vartiainen, Terttu ^b   Helle, Eero ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Grey seal; POPs; Ringed seal; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMPURITIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENTS;

METAL BURDEN;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; HEAVY METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; PCB; PINNIPED; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; AGE; ANIMAL; CANADA; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHOCA; POLLUTANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL; CANADA; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEALS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SVALBARD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; ANIMALS; SEALS, EARLESS;

BALTIC SEA; CANADA; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MARTES ZIBELLINA; PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0036010589     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00339-6     Document Type: Article

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