Age-dependent accumulation of heavy metals in a pod of killer whales (Orcinus orca) stranded in the northern area of Japan

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-59

  Endo, Tetsuya ^a   Kimura, Osamu ^a   Hisamichi, Yohsuke ^a   Minoshima, Yasuhiko ^a   Haraguchi, Koichi ^b  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Essential metals; Killer whale; Mercury; Mother to calf transfer

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE;

KILLER WHALES; MOTHER-TO-CALF TRANSFER;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY; ZINC;

BIODIVERSITY; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE;

AGE; BIOACCUMULATION; CETACEAN; HEAVY METAL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALF (MAMMAL); CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; JAPAN; KIDNEY; KILLER WHALE; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CETACEA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 33846186323     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.09.086     Document Type: Article

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