Organochlorine concentrations in resident bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon estuary, Ireland

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1296-1303

  Berrow, S D ^a   Mchugh, B ^b   Glynn, D ^b   Mcgovern, E ^b   Parsons, K M ^c   Baird, R W ^d   Hooker, S K ^e  

^a Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation   (Ireland)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; INSECTICIDE;

ORGANOCHLORINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOPSY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEA; TIME; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SKIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTICIDES; IRELAND; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SKIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036853199     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00215-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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