Levels of organochlorine compounds in spotted dolphins from the Coiba archipelago, Panama

Chemosphere

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 669-677

  Borrell, A ^a   Cantos, G ^a   Pastor, T ^a   Aguilar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central America; DDT; PCB; Pollution; Stenella attenuata

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SKIN; WATER;

BLUBBER;

FISHERIES;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COASTAL WATERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOLPHIN; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CORYPHAENIDAE; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA ATTENUATA;

EID: 1642535392     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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