Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and organochlorines in small cetaceans from Hong Kong waters: Levels, profiles and distribution

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 8-12, 2005, Pages 669-676

  Ramu, Karri ^a   Kajiwara, Natsuko ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a   Lam, Paul K S ^b   Jefferson, Thomas A ^c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DDTs; Finless porpoises; Hong Kong; Humpback dolphins; Organochlorines; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COASTAL ZONES; IMPURITIES;

DDTS; FINLESS PORPOISES; HONG KONG; HUMPBACK DOLPHINS; ORGANOCHLORINES; PBDES;

ETHERS;

ETHER DERIVATIVE; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CETACEAN; COASTAL WATER; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE;

ASIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOLPHIN; HONG KONG; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SAMPLE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CETACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HONG KONG; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; KIDNEY; LIVER; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

CETACEA; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 27644494611     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.02.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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