Mobilization of PCBs from blubber to blood in northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) during the post-weaning fast

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-157

  Debier, Cathy ^a   Chalon, Carole ^b   Le Bœuf, Burney J ^c   de Tillesse, Tanguy ^d   Larondelle, Yvan ^a   Thomé, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Faune and Biotopes   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blubber; Fast; Northern elephant seal; PCBs; Pups; Serum

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FASTING; PCB; PINNIPED; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WEANING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WEANING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; FASTING; FEMALE; LIPIDS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEALS, EARLESS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

ANO NUEVO ISLAND; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS;

EID: 33750988782     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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