Organochlorine compounds and stable isotopes indicate bottlenose dolphin subpopulation structure around the Iberian Peninsula

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 516-523

  Borrell, A ^a   Aguilar, A ^a   Tornero, V ^a   Sequeira, M ^b   Fernandez, G ^c   Alis, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

^c Marineland Mallorca   (Spain)

^d GRAMPUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Iberian peninsula; Organochlorine; Pollution; Stable isotopes,

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ISOTOPES; MARINE BIOLOGY;

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ORGANOCHLORINE; STABLE ISOTOPES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DOLPHIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOLPHIN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANDALUCIA; BALEARIC ISLANDS; CATALONIA; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VALENCIA [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA];

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 33646885263     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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