Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Skin and Blubber of Two Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus) Stranded Along the Baja California Coast

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 490-495

  Valdez Marquez M ^a   Lares, M L ^a   Camacho Ibar, V ^b   Gendron, D ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHLORINATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTAMINATION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WHALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MEXICO; SKIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; MUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 19244370507     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0272-9     Document Type: Article

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