Comparison of trace element accumulation in Baikal seals (Pusa sibirica), Caspian seals (Pusa caspica) and northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-97

  Ikemoto, Tokutaka ^a   Kunito, Takashi ^a,f   Watanabe, Izumi ^b   Yasunaga, Genta ^a,g   Baba, Norihisa ^c   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^d   Petrov, Evgeny A ^e   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^f SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hair; Heavy metals; Pinnipeds; Seals; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CORRELATION METHODS; MUSCLE; TRACE ELEMENTS; VANADIUM;

BAIKAL SEALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; HAIR; HEAVY METAL; MARINE MAMMAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HAIR; HOMEOSTASIS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PUSA CASPICA; PUSA SIBIRICA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAL; SOFT TISSUE;

CASPIAN SEA; LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALIA; CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; PHOCA CASPICA; PHOCA SIBIRICA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; PUSA CASPICA; PUSA SIBIRICA;

EID: 0141459549     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00251-3     Document Type: Article

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