Contamination status and accumulation profiles of organotins in sea otters (Enhydra lutris) found dead along the coasts of California, Washington, Alaska (USA), and Kamchatka (Russia)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 641-649

  Murata, Satoko ^a   Takahashi, Shin ^a   Agusa, Tetsuro ^a   Thomas, Nancy J ^b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^c   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

California coast; Half lives; Infectious diseases; Organotin compounds; Sea otters

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION PROFILES; BUTYLTIN CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANOTINS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BUTYLTIN DERIVATIVE; DIBUTYLTIN; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; HALF LIFE; MORTALITY; MUSTELID; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INFECTION; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIVER; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; OTTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIA; TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; KAMCHATKA; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE;

EID: 41349093943     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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