Regional and inter annual patterns of heavy metals, organochlorines and stable isotopes in narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from West Greenland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 331, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 83-105

  Dietz, R ^a   Riget, F ^a   Hobson, K A ^b   Heide Jorgensen M P ^c   Moller P ^a   Cleemann, M ^d   De Boer, J ^e   Glasius, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d Dept of Environmental Chemistry   (Netherlands)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Heavy metals; Monodon monoceros; Narwhal; Nitrogen 15; Organochlorines; Stable isotopes; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CADMIUM; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE; NITROGEN; ORGANOMETALLICS; SELENIUM;

NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORGANOCHLORINES; TOXAPHENES;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; CARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPE; MERCURY; NITROGEN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; INSECTICIDE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WHALE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BREAST MILK; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GREENLAND; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WHALE; AGE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MONODON; MONODON MONOCEROS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GREENLAND; INSECTICIDES; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHALES;

EID: 5044243448     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.03.041     Document Type: Article

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