Trace element levels in foetus-mother pairs of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) stranded along the French coasts

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1021-1028

  Lahaye, V ^a   Bustamante, P ^a   Dabin, W ^b   Churlaud, C ^a   Caurant, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b Institut du Littoral et de l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Marine mammals; Mercury; North Eastern Atlantic; Pregnancy; Selenium

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MAMMALS; MERCURY (METAL); SELENIUM; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

MARINE MAMMALS; PREGNANCY;

FISH;

CADMIUM; COPPER; MERCURY; METAL COMPLEX; METALLOTHIONEIN; SELENIUM; TIEMANNITE; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; DOLPHIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METALLOTHIONEIN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMMON DOLPHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; FRANCE; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); BAY OF BISCAY; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34848915443     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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