Exposure to persistent organic pollutants and first-year survival probability in gray seal pups

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6364-6369

  Hall, Ailsa J ^a   Thomas, Gareth O ^b   Mcconnell, Bernie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; COVARIATES; DIPHENYL ETHER; FIRST-YEAR; GRAY SEAL PUPS; INFORMATION CRITERION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOCID SEALS; SURVIVAL PROBABILITIES; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

ANIMALS; CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; IMPURITIES; PROBABILITY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; LINDANE;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LACTATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEONATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP; TOXICITY TEST; WEANING; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CUB; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MARK RECAPTURE; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PROBABILITY; SEAL; SURVIVAL; WEANING; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROBABILITY; SEALS, EARLESS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; HALICHOERUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 68849119289     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9004398     Document Type: Article

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