Temporal trends (1987-2002) of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 216-231

  Lebeuf, Michel ^a   Noël, Michelle ^a   Trottier, Steve ^a   Measures, Lena ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beluga whale; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; St. Lawrence Estuary Canada; Temporal trends; tris(4 chlorophenyl)methanol

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CHEMICALS; CONTAMINATION; ESTUARIES; ISOMERS; METABOLITES; METHANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHLORDANE (CHL); DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE (DDT); ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ST. LAWRENCE ESTUARY CANADA; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

BIOACCUMULATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; METHANOL DERIVATIVE; MIREX; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TOXIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PERSISTENCE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WHALE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BELUGA WHALE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; LAW; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BELUGA WHALE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; QUEBEC; RIVERS; TRITYL COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

ANIMALIA; DELPHINAPTERUS; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS;

EID: 34447100100     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.04.026     Document Type: Article

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