The influence of age, sex, body-condition, and region on the levels of PBDEs and toxaphene in harbour porpoises from European waters

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 146-155

  Thron, Kristina U ^a   Bruhn, Regina ^a,b   McLachlan, Michael S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Global distillation; Harbour porpoises; North Atlantic; North Sea; Polybrominated diphenyl ether; Toxaphene

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY CONDITION; CETACEAN; DISTILLATION; HARBOR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1542291149     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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