Interelement relationships and age-related variation of trace element concentrations in liver of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from Japanese coastal waters

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 6-12, 2008, Pages 807-815

  Agusa, Tetsuro ^a   Nomura, Kumiko ^a   Kunito, Takashi ^b   Anan, Yasumi ^a   Iwata, Hisato ^a   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^c   Tatsukawa, Ryo ^d   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Ehime Prefectural Center for Environmental Creation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Mercury; Selenium; Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba); Trace elements

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; LIVER; MERCURY (METAL); SELENIUM; TISSUE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AGE-RELATED VARIATION; HEPATIC CONCENTRATIONS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIPED DOLPHIN (STENELLA COERULEOALBA);

FISH;

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AGE; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOLPHIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; FETUS; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; LIVER; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; STENELLA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 46549085815     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.01.039     Document Type: Article

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