Persistent organochlorine pollutants and heavy metals in tissues of common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) from the Levantine Basin of the Eastern Mediterranean

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 621-627

  Shoham Frider, Efrat ^a   Kress, Nurit ^a   Wynne, David ^b   Scheinin, Aviad ^c   Roditi Elsar, Mia ^c   Kerem, Dan ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; DDT; Mediterranean Sea; PCBs; Time trends

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; HISTOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS); CETACEANS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN COASTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PERSISTENT ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTANTS; TIME TRENDS;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DEGRADATION; DOLPHIN; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD WEB; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [ISRAEL]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 70349538883     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.08.048     Document Type: Article

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