Organochlorine contaminants in complete clutches of Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) eggs from Belize

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-157

  Wu, Ted H ^a   Cañas, Jaclyn E ^b   Rainwater, Thomas R ^c   Platt, Steven G ^d   McMurry, Scott T ^b   Anderson, Todd A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute of Environmental and Human Health   (United States)

^d Oglala Lakota College   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete clutches; Crocodilian; Eggs; Organochlorine contaminants

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; IMPURITIES; PESTICIDES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPLETE CLUTCHES; CROCODILIAN; EGGS; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS (OC);

BIODIVERSITY;

ALDRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CLUTCH SIZE; CROCODILIAN; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BELIZE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCODYLUS MORELETII; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALDRIN; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BELIZE; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; ENDOSULFAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; METHOXYCHLOR; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; ZYGOTE;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS MORELETII;

EID: 33748117568     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.12.021     Document Type: Article

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