Trace metal and stable isotope measurements (δ13C and δ15N) in the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena relicta from the Black Sea

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-204

  Das, Krishna ^a,b   Holsbeek, Ludo ^c   Browning, Julie ^a   Siebert, Ursula ^b   Birkun Jr , Alexei ^d   Bouquegneau, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d Lab Biotechnological Res Ecol M   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Marine mammals; Phocoena phocoena; Stable isotopes; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; NITROGEN; TISSUE;

HABITATS; HARBOUR PORPOISES;

ISOTOPES;

CADMIUM; CARBON 13; COPPER; IRON; MERCURY; NITROGEN 15; SELENIUM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PORPOISE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE METAL;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FISHING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; PREGNANCY; SEA; SEASHORE; UKRAINE;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PORPOISES; SEAWATER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

MAMMALIA; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 3042709213     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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