Metals and selenium in the liver and bone of three dolphin species from South Australia, 1988-2004

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-85

  Lavery, Trish J ^a   Butterfield, Nicole ^b   Kemper, Catherine M ^c   Reid, Robert J ^b   Sanderson, Ken ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Dolphins; Heavy metals; Marine environment; Pollution; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COASTAL ZONES; SELENIUM; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER POLLUTION;

DOLPHINS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; SELENIUM; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOLPHIN; HEAVY METAL; PROTEIN; RESEARCH WORK; SELENIUM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BENTHOS; BONE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; SELENIUM; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

DELPHINUS DELPHIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 36549022095     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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