Environmental contaminants in male river otters from Oregon and Washington, USA, 1994-1999

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 49-73

  Grove, Robert A ^a   Henny, Charles J ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Dioxins; Furans; Lontra canadensis; Males; Metals; Oregon; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; River otter; Washington

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; METALS; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CADMIUM (CD); CONTAMINANTS; DIOXINS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS; FURANS; HEPATIC CONCENTRATIONS; LONTRA CANADENSIS; MALES; OREGON; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED DI-BENZO-P-DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POPULATION CENTERS; REGIONAL LOCATIONS; RIVER OTTER; WASHINGTON; WASHINGTON , USA;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NICKEL; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MAMMAL; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PCDD; PCDF;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CARNIVORA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; MALE; OREGON; OTTERS; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE;

EID: 51949105617     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0015-6     Document Type: Article

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