Partitioning of persistent organic pollutants between blubber and blood of wild bottlenose dolphins: Implications for biomonitoring and health

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4789-4795

  Yordy, Jennifer E ^a,b   Wells, Randall S ^c   Balmer, Brian C ^c   Schwacke, Lori H ^d   Rowles, Teri K ^e   Kucklick, John R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^e NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; FREE-RANGING BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; HEALTH EFFECTS; LIPID CONTENT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASMA CONCENTRATION; PLASMA SAMPLES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REGRESSION PARAMETERS; TARGET ORGANS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); ETHERS; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

LIPID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMONITORING; DOLPHIN; HEALTH RISK; LIPID; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLUBBER; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; FEMALE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; TISSUE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH; LIPIDS; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 77953495125     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1004158     Document Type: Article

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