Accumulation of persistent organic pollutants in Tasmanian platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-237

  Munday, B L ^a   Stewart, N J ^a   Sodergren A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Organochlorine pesticides; Ornithorhynchus anatinus; Platypus; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

LIPIDS; METABOLITES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PLATYPUS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLATYPUS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TAIL; TASMANIA;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS;

EID: 0036968038     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00143-4     Document Type: Article

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