Organochlorine contaminants in endangered Steller sea lion pups (Eumetopias jubatus) from western Alaska and the Russian Far East

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-69

  Myers, Matthew J ^a,b   Ylitalo, Gina M ^c   Krahn, Margaret M ^c   Boyd, Daryle ^c   Calkins, Don ^a   Burkanov, Vladimir ^c   Atkinson, Shannon ^a,b  

^a ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; DDTs; Eumetopias jubatus; Marine mammals; Organochlorines; PCBs; Pinnipeds; Steller sea lions

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; MAMMALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MARINE MAMMALS; ORGANOCHLORINES; PINNIPEDS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

4 [4 (1,4 BENZODIOXAN 6 YL) 5 METHYL 1H PYRAZOL 3 YL] 6 ETHYLRESORCINOL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; RUSSIA; SEA LIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 41149165055     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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