Contaminant exposure and effects in pinnipeds: Implications for Steller sea lion declines in Alaska

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 311, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 111-133

  Barron, Mace G ^a   Heintz, Ron ^b   Krahn, Margaret M ^c  

^a PEAK Research Longmont   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Marine mammal; Persistent organic pollutants; Sea lion

Indexed keywords

MARINE POLLUTION; NUTRITION; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

CONTAMINANTS;

CONTAMINATION;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUTYLTIN; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYTOCHROME P450; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; MIREX; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PORPHYRIN; RETINOL; SOLVENT; THYROID HORMONE;

BIOMONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE;

ANIMAL HEALTH; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY METAL POISONING; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL; STRESS; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0037785054     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00140-2     Document Type: Review

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