Metals and organochlorines in small cetaceans stranded on the east coast of Australia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1206-1211

  Law, R J ^a   Morris, R J ^b   Allchin, C R ^a   Jones, B R ^a   Nicholson, M D ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ADULTHOOD; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BENTHOS; CARCASS; CETACEA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOLPHIN; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FEEDING; FEMALE; FISH; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATE; JUVENILE; LACTATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE COOKING; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PELAGIC ZONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAND; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SQUID; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER POLLUTANT; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; INVERTEBRATA; OCTOPUS;

EID: 0042160268     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00220-0     Document Type: Article

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