Mercury concentrations in the tissues of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and striped dolphins (Stenella coeruloalba) stranded on the Croatian Adriatic coast

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 598-604

  Pompe Gotal, J ^a   Srebocan, E ^a   Gomercic, H ^a   Crnic, Andreja Prevendar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Bottlenose dolphins; Contamination; Mercury; Striped dolphins

Indexed keywords

STENELLA (CETACEA); TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 77950526746     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/3060-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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