Organochlorine contaminants in sea turtles: Correlations between whole blood and fat

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 726-738

  Keller, Jennifer M ^a,b   Kucklick, John R ^b   Harms, Craig A ^c   McClellan Green, Patricia D ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Fat; Kemp's ridley; Loggerhead; Organochlorine

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPURITIES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; OCEAN HABITATS; TISSUE;

ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; PROTECTED SPECIES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

BLOOD; FAT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; TOXICITY; TURTLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FAT; BREEDING; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE LEVEL; TURTLE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WILDLIFE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECTICIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORTH CAROLINA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOCHELYS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 31244431769     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-254     Document Type: Article

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