Stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen and mercury concentrations in 13 toothed whale species taken from the western pacific ocean off Japan

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2675-2681

  Endo, Tetsuya ^a   Hisamichi, Yohsuke ^a   Kimura, Osamu ^a   Haraguchi, Koichi ^b   Lavery, Shane ^c   Dalebout, Merel L ^d   Funahashi, Naoko ^e   Baker, C Scott ^f  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL DATA; CARBON AND NITROGEN; HG CONCENTRATIONS; KILLER WHALE; MELON-HEADED WHALE; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; N VALUE; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; RED MEATS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TOTAL MERCURIES; WESTERN PACIFIC;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

MERCURY (METAL);

CARBON 13; MERCURY; NITROGEN 15; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; MEAT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WHALE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; KILLER WHALE; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; RED MEAT; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WHALE;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MEAT; MERCURY; MUSCLES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PORPOISES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALES;

CETACEA; ODONTOCETI; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 77950422694     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903534r     Document Type: Article

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