Levels of toxaphene congeners in white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from Svalbard, Norway

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 357, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 128-137

  Andersen, G ^a   Foreid S ^b,c   Skaare, J U ^b,c   Jenssen, B M ^a   Lydersen, C ^d   Kovacs, K M ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Beluga; CHB; Marine mammals; Organochlorine pollutants; Svalbard; Toxaphene; White whales

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; MARINE BIOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BARENTS SEA; BELUGA; TOXAPHENE; WHITE WHALES;

PESTICIDES;

BORNANE DERIVATIVE; CAMPHECLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; WHALE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WHALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BELUGA WHALE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PHOCA; SVALBARD; TOXAPHENE; URSIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MAMMALIA; MONODONTIDAE; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 33244481259     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.05.014     Document Type: Article

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