Polychlorinated biphenyl occurrence in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from Louisiana and South Carolina

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-4

  Cobb, George P ^a   Houlis, P D ^a   Bargar, T A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

BIOACCUMULATION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CROCODILIAN; PCB;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EVALUATION; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LOUISIANA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOUTH CAROLINA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE;

EID: 0036164626     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00284-6     Document Type: Article

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