Polychlorinated biphenyls and other chlorinated organic contaminants in the tissues of Mediterranean loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 373, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 456-463

  Storelli, M M ^a   Barone, G ^a   Marcotrigiano, G O ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Marine turtles; Mediterranean sea; Organochlorine compounds

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

HEPTA CHLORINATED CONGENERS; MARINE TURTLES; MUSCLE TISSUES; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PCB; TOXICITY; TURTLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARETTA CARETTA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846631902     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.040     Document Type: Article

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