Chlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in marine tucuxi dolphins (Sotalia fluviatilis) from the Cananéia estuary, southeastern Brazil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 312, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 67-78

  Yogui, Gilvan Takeshi ^a   De Oliveira Santos, Marcos César ^a   Montone, Rosalinda Carmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canan ia estuary; DDTs; HCB; HCHs; Marine mammals; Mirex; Organochlorines; PCBs; Sotalia fluviatilis; Southwest Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; OCEAN HABITATS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER POLLUTION;

DOLPHINS;

PESTICIDES;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DOLPHIN; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHLORINATION; CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; INDUSTRY; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLATILIZATION;

BRAZIL; CANANEIA ESTUARY; SAO PAULO STATE;

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; SOTALIA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 0037627822     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00198-0     Document Type: Article

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