PCDD/F and PCB in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) from British Columbia: Response to exposure to pulp mill effluents

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-176

  Addison, R F ^a   Ikonomou, M G ^a   Smith, T G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b 5694 Camp Comfort   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Harbour seal; Mammals; Monitoring; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; Phoca vitulina; Pulp mill effluent

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; KRAFT PULP; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; STRAIT OF GEORGIA; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS (TEQ);

MARINE ENGINEERING;

1,2,3,6,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PINNIPED; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY;

AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PULP MILL; SEAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; PAPER; PHOCA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BLEACHING; EFFLUENTS; KRAFT PULPING; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PULP MILLS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUATSINO SOUND; STRAIT OF GEORGIA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 4644266150     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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