Trace element concentrations in blood of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Influence of age, sex and location

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 371-379

  Stavros, Hui Chen W ^a   Bossart, Gregory D ^b   Hulsey, Thomas C ^c   Fair, Patricia A ^a  

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

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOINDICATOR; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOLPHIN; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PINNIPED; SEX ALLOCATION; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; METALS; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 39149141916     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.10.030     Document Type: Article

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