Effects of life history variation on vertical transfer of toxicants in marine mammals

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 479-489

  Noonburg, Erik G ^a   Nisbet, Roger M ^b   Klanjscek, Tin ^b,c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Dynamic energy budget; Energetics; Marine mammal; Toxicology; Vertical transfer

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOENERGETICS; ENERGY BUDGET; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE MAMMAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOENERGY; BIRTH ORDER; HETEROTROPHY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICOKINETICS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77951652975     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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