Organochlorine contaminants in sea turtles from the Eastern Pacific

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1082-1089

  Gardner, Susan C ^a   Pier, M Dawn ^b   Wesselman, Raymond ^c   Juárez, J Arturo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b Amigos Conservacion Cabo Pulmo   (Mexico)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Developing countries; Halogenated hydrocarbons; Mexico; Pesticides; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; IMPURITIES; MUSCLE; PESTICIDES;

SEA TURTLES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

DIOXIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; LINDANE; OCTANOL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; TURTLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEEDING; HERBIVORY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MEASUREMENT; MEXICO; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; TURTLE;

(EAST); BAJA CALIFORNIA STATE; MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0041659346     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00254-6     Document Type: Article

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