Organochlorine residues in the blubber and liver of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) stranded in the Canary Islands, North Atlantic Ocean

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-210

  Carballo, Matilde ^a   Arbelo, Manuel ^b   Esperón, Fernado ^a   Mendez, Marina ^b   De La Torre, Ana ^a   Muñoz, Maria Jesus ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphins; Canary Islands; Organochlorine; Tissue analysis

Indexed keywords

ETHANE; LIVER; MAMMALS; PESTICIDES; TISSUE;

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; CANARY ISLANDS; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; TISSUE ANALYSIS;

FISH;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

CHLORDANE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DIELDRIN; DOLPHIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PCB; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIVER; MALE; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 41449118295     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20322     Document Type: Article

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