Distribution of Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn in selected tissues of juvenile whales stranded in the SE Gulf of California (Mexico)

Environment International

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-329

  Ruelas Inzunza, J ^a,b   Paez Osuna F ^b,c  

^a Technological Institute of the Sea   (Mexico)

^b Graduate Program On Marine Sciences and Limnology   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gulf of California; Stranded whales; Tissue distribution; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MUSCLE; OCEAN HABITATS; TISSUE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

METAL CONCENTRATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC; HEAVY METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; JUVENILE; STRANDING; WHALE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MALE; MEXICO; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WHALE; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MORTALITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; GULF OF MEXICO;

CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; PHYSETER CATODON;

ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MEXICO; MORTALITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHALES;

EID: 0036708188     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(02)00041-7     Document Type: Article

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