Accumulation and mother-to-calf transfer of anthropogenic and natural organohalogens in killer whales (Orcinus orca) stranded on the Pacific coast of Japan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2853-2859

  Haraguchi, Koichi ^a   Hisamichi, Yohsuke ^b   Endo, Tetsuya ^b  

^a DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Killer whale; Natural organohalogen; Polybrominated diphenyl ether; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; KILLER WHALE; NATURAL ORGANOHALOGEN; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TRANSFER;

HALOGENATION; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYACRYLATES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

ETHERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIPID; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; FEMALE; HALOGENS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; JAPAN; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALE, KILLER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; PACIFIC COAST [JAPAN];

ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 61449093643     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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