Accumulation of organotin compounds and mercury in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the Danish waters and West Greenland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 350, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 59-71

  Strand, Jakob ^a   Larsen, Martin M ^a   Lockyer, Christina ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Age Dynamics   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Greenland; Mercury; Organotin; Phocoena phocoena; Stranding

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANOMETALLICS; PORTS AND HARBORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIN COMPOUNDS;

ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS; ORGANOTIN; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; STRANDING;

WATER POLLUTION;

BUTYLTIN; MERCURY; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND;

BIOACCUMULATION; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIVER; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GREENLAND; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; PHOCOENA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 26844489391     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.02.038     Document Type: Article

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