Toxaphene in minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from the North Atlantic

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-83

  Gouteux, B ^a   Muir, D C G ^a   Backus, S ^a   Born, E W ^b   Dietz, R ^c   Haug, T ^d   Metcalfe, T ^e   Metcalfe, C ^e   Oien N ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorobornanes; Levels; Marine mammals; Organochlorine pesticides; Patterns

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

BLUBBER SAMPLES; CHBS; CHLOROBORNANES; MARINE MAMMALS; MINKE WHALES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

CONTAMINATION;

CAMPHECLOR;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FAT RESERVE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; WHALE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BODY FAT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WHALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MINKE WHALE; NORTH SEA; TOXAPHENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 41949123109     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.07.031     Document Type: Article

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