Organochlorine pesticide levels in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) stranded in the Canary Islands, Spain

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1949-1952

  Monagas, P ^a   Oros J ^a   Arana J ^a   Gonzalez Diaz O M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; TURTLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; SEPTICEMIA; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DDT; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIVER; MALE; PESTICIDES; SPAIN; TURTLES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 55049135528     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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