Organochlorine residues in odontocete species from the southeast coast of India

Chemosphere

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 891-897

  Karuppiah, S ^a   Subramanian, A ^b   Obbard, J P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; DDTs, PCBs, HCHs; Odontocete (Tursiops truncatus, Stenella longirostris, Sousa chinensis)

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ISOMERS; PARAFFINS; TISSUE;

BLUBBER; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MARINE MAMMALS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; INDIA; ISOMER; MALE; MAMMAL; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; SOUSA CHINENSIS; SPECIES; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS; TISSUE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; WEIGHT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; SOUSA CHINENSIS; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 21244475615     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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