Persistent organochlorines and organophosphorus compounds and heavy elements in common whale (Balaenoptera physalus) from the western Mediterranean Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 426-433

  Hernandez F ^a   Serrano, R ^a   Roig Navarro, A F ^a   Martinez Bravo Y ^a   Lopez F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Organochlorine compounds; Organophosphorus pesticides; Pollution; Western Mediterranean Sea; Whale

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; WHALE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS;

EID: 0042047456     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00238-6     Document Type: Article

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