Contaminant blubber burdens in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from two southeastern US estuarine areas: Concentrations and patterns of PCBs, pesticides, PBDEs, PFCs, and PAHs

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1577-1597

  Fair, Patricia A ^a   Adams, Jeff ^a   Mitchum, Gregory ^a   Hulsey, Thomas C ^b   Reif, John S ^c,d   Houde, Magali ^e   Muir, Derek ^e   Wirth, Ed ^a   Wetzel, Dana ^f   Zolman, Eric ^a   McFee, Wayne ^a   Bossart, Gregory D ^c,g  

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

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^g GEORGIA AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus); Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs); Persistent organic contaminants; Pesticides; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CHEMICALS; CONTAMINATION; DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS; IMPURITIES; INSECTICIDES; MAMMALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS); PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

LIPID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

CHLORDANE; DDT; DOLPHIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MARINE MAMMAL; PAH; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BODY BURDEN; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; FEMALE; MALE; PESTICIDES; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77953001586     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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