Trace elements, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in New Zealand common dolphins (Delphinus sp.)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 387, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 333-345

  Stockin, K A ^a   Law, R J ^b   Duignan, P J ^a   Jones, G W ^a   Porter, L ^c   Mirimin, L ^d   Meynier, L ^a   Orams, M B ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c AgriQuality Limited   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Common dolphin; DDT; Delphinus sp.; Mother calf transmission; New Zealand; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

NEW ZEALAND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BLUBBER SAMPLES; BYCAUGHT COMMON DOLPHINS; COMMON DOLPHINS; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MOTHER-CALF TRANSMISSIONS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

PESTICIDES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; SILVER; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; DOLPHIN; PCB; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMON DOLPHIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; COMMON DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; METALS, HEAVY; NEW ZEALAND; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS;

EID: 36549081160     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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