Lead contamination of small cetaceans in European waters - The use of stable isotopes for identifying the sources of lead exposure

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-148

  Caurant, F ^a   Aubail, A ^a   Lahaye, V ^a   Van Canneyt, O ^b   Rogan, E ^c   Lopez A ^d   Addink, M ^e   Churlaud, C ^a   Robert, M ^a   Bustamante, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b Institut du Littoral et de l'Environnement   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^e NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Common dolphins; Harbour porpoises; Hard tissues; Heavy metals; Lead; Northeast Atlantic; Striped dolphins; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GASOLINE; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MICROORGANISMS; TISSUE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALKYL LEAD; BIOMONITORING; CETACEANS; COMMON DOLPHINS; HARBOUR PORPOISES; HARD TISSUES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; STRIPED DOLPHINS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TOXICOLOGICAL RISK;

POLLUTION;

GASOLINE; ISOTOPE; LEAD;

CETACEAN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BONE; CETACEA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FETUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOOTH; TOXICOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; COMMON DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; ISOTOPES; LEAD; PHOCOENA; SEASONS; STENELLA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 33745713121     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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