California sea lions (Zalophus californianus californianus) have lower chlorinated hydrocarbon contents in northern Baja California, México, than in California, USA

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-92

  Del Toro, Ligeia ^a,b   Heckel, Gisela ^b,c   Camacho Ibar, Víctor F ^a   Schramm, Yolanda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Nacional de Ecologia y Cambio Climatico SEMARNAT   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California; Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Organochlorines; Pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Zalophus californianus californianus

Indexed keywords

BAJA CALIFORNIA; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS; ORGANOCHLORINES; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS CALIFORNIANUS;

CHLORINATION; HYDROCARBONS; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CHLORDANE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DDT; PCB; PINNIPED;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEMALE; FORAGE; MALE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEAL; SEX RATIO; SUMMER; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; CALIFORNIA; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MEXICO; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEA LIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; ENSENADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TODOS SANTOS BAY; UNITED STATES;

ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 33748273697     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.09.019     Document Type: Article

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