Life history as a source of variation for persistent organic pollutant (POP) patterns in a community of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) resident to Sarasota Bay, FL

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2163-2172

  Yordy, Jennifer E ^a,b   Wells, Randall S ^c   Balmer, Brian C ^c   Schwacke, Lori H ^d   Rowles, Teri K ^e   Kucklick, John R ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Contaminant mixtures; Life history; Persistent organic pollutants; POPs; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; CONTAMINANT MIXTURES; LIFE HISTORY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

CONTAMINATION; DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); ETHERS; HALOGENATION; MIXTURES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOLPHIN; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; METABOLISM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HALOGENATION; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SARASOTA BAY; UNITED STATES;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 77649191643     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.032     Document Type: Article

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