Geographical and temporal variation in levels of organochlorine contaminants in marine mammals

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 425-452

  Aguilar, A ^a   Borrell, A ^a   Reijnders, P J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; DDTs; Geographical variation; Organochlorine compounds; PCBs; Pinnipeds; Pollution; Review; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; ORGANOMETALLICS; SAMPLING; SURVEYS;

TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; MARINE MAMMAL; ORGANOCHLORINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTANT; PORPOISE; SEA; SEAL; TISSUE LEVEL; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MAMMALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0036118148     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(01)00128-3     Document Type: Article

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