Organohalogen contaminants in finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) from Korean coastal waters: Contamination status, maternal transfer and ecotoxicological implications

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 768-774

  Park, Bu Kyeong ^a,b   Park, Gyum Joon ^a   An, Yong Rock ^a   Choi, Hee Gu ^a   Kim, Gi Beum ^b   Moon, Hyo Bang ^c  

^a National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Debromination; Finless porpoises; Marine mammals; Organochlorine compounds; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

DEBROMINATION; FINLESS PORPOISE; MARINE MAMMALS; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

MAMMALS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; MITOTANE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL WATER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LACTATION; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; PORPOISE;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; ECOTOXICITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KOREA; LACTATION; MALE; MARINE MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PORPOISE; SEA POLLUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DDT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; INSECTICIDES; KOREA; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PORPOISES; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

KOREA;

MAMMALIA; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES;

EID: 77952953392     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.03.023     Document Type: Article

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