Organohalogen contaminants in striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from Japan: Present contamination status, body distribution and temporal trends (1978-2003)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 396-401

  Isobe, Tomohiko ^a   Ochi, Yoko ^a   Ramu, Karri ^a   Yamamoto, Takahito ^b   Tajima, Yuko ^c   Yamada, Tadasu K ^c   Amano, Masao ^d   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^e   Takahashi, Shin ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Museum of Nature and Science   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archived sample; Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDs); Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Striped dolphin; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

ARCHIVED SAMPLE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE (HBCDS); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDES); STRIPED DOLPHIN; TEMPORAL TREND;

CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; DDT; DOLPHIN; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOHALOGEN; PCB; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; DRUG MUSCLE LEVEL; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; STENELLA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TREND STUDY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; JAPAN; STENELLA; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CETACEA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 61349145555     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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