Differences in DDT and PCB residues between common and striped dolphins from the southwestern Mediterranean

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 501-508

  Borrell, A ^a   Aguilar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; ISOTOPE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

DDT; DOLPHIN; PCB;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOPSY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; MALE; MATURITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLIC CAPACITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CONTENT; TISSUE LEVEL; TROPHIC LEVEL; VARIANCE; WATER POLLUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MAMMALIA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 21144457153     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-0039-7     Document Type: Article

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