Changes in persistent contaminant concentration and CYP1A1 protein expression in biopsy samples from northern bottlenose whales, Hyperoodon ampullatus, following the onset of nearby oil and gas development

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 205-216

  Hooker, Sascha K ^a,b   Metcalfe, Tracy L ^c   Metcalfe, Chris D ^c   Angell, Carolyn M ^d   Wilson, Joanna Y ^d   Moore, Michael J ^d   Whitehead, Hal ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose whale; Cytochrome P4501A1; DDT; PCB; The Gully

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; PROTEINS;

BOTTLENOSE WHALE; CYTOCHROME P4501A1;

BIOPSY;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; ENDOSULFAN; OIL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE EXPRESSION; MARINE PARK; OIL SPILL; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PROTEIN; SKIN; WHALE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BIOPSY; WHALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CANADA; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALES;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DAVIS STRAIT; SCOTIA SHELF;

CETACEA; HYPEROODON; HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS;

EID: 39749115128     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.05.027     Document Type: Article

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