Polychlorinated naphthalenes and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls in tissues of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from the northern Gulf of Alaska

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2044-2057

  Wang, Dongli ^a   Atkinson, Shannon ^b,c   Hoover Miller, Anne ^c   Li, Qing X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls; Harbor seals; PCNs; Polychlorinated naphthalene; Subarctic pollution

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

HARBOR SEALS; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE PCN); SUBARCTIC POLLUTION;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; LIPID; MARINE POLLUTION; NAPHTHALENE; PCB; PINNIPED;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; KIDNEY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PHOCA; SEA POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ALASKA PENINSULA; GULF OF ALASKA; KODIAK ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 33947158660     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.11.038     Document Type: Article

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