Accumulation patterns of organochlorines in juveniles of Arctocephalus australis found stranded along the coast of Southern Brazil

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 262-267

  Fillmann, Gilberto ^a   Hermanns, Luciano ^a   Fileman, Tim W ^b   Readman, James W ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus australis; DDT; Organochlorine; PCB; South American fur seals; Southern Brazil; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CHLORINE; COASTAL ZONES; LIPIDS; NUTRITION; ORGANOMETALLICS; TISSUE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BLUBBER; ORGANOCHLORINE (OC) COMPOUNDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; JUVENILE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PINNIPED; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTOCEPHALUS AUSTRALIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; JUVENILE; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN; SEAL; SEASHORE; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; BRAZIL; CHLORDAN; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FUR SEALS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 33846479375     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.02.034     Document Type: Article

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