Polychlorinated biphenyls and hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls in plasma of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Western Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 5860-5866

  Houde, Magali ^a,b   Pacepavicius, Grazina ^b   Wells, Randall S ^c   Fair, Patricia A ^d   Letcher, Robert J ^b   Alaee, Mehran ^b   Bossart, Gregory D ^e   Hohn, Aleta A ^f   Sweeney, Jay ^b,g   Solomon, Keith R ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^e FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g Dolphin Quest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROXYLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROXYLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DOLPHIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PCB; PLASMA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HYDROXYLATION; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHARLESTON; DELAWARE BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SARASOTA BAY; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 33749388483     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060629n     Document Type: Article

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