Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in blubber of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from two southeast Atlantic estuarine areas

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 483-494

  Fair, Patricia A ^a   Mitchum, Gregory ^a   Hulsey, Thomas C ^b   Adams, Jeff ^a   Zolman, Eric ^a   McFee, Wayne ^a   Wirth, Ed ^a   Bossart, Gregory D ^c  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Brominated flame retardants; PBDEs; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANT; LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOLPHIN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FAT RESERVE; PBDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; ESTUARY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAGOON; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEMALE; LIPIDS; MALE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

CHARLESTON; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 34548303851     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0244-7     Document Type: Article

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