Factors influencing persistent organic pollutant concentrations in the Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1079-1087

  Tuerk, Karen J S ^a   Kucklick, John R ^b   McFee, Wayne E ^c   Pugh, Rebecca S ^b   Becker, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dolphin; Life history; Metabolism; Northwest Atlantic Ocean; Persistent organic pollutant

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIODIVERSITY; CHLORINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PESTICIDES;

BIOACCUMULATION; DOLPHIN; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CONTAMINATION;

CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MIREX; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; DOLPHIN; LIFE HISTORY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY HEIGHT; CETACEA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENDER; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STAINING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 18244368994     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-120R.1     Document Type: Article

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