PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in Hector's (Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori) and Maui's (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) dolphins

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 834-842

  Stockin, K A ^a   Law, R J ^b   Roe, W D ^a   Meynier, L ^a   Martinez, E ^a   Duignan, P J ^a,c   Bridgen, P ^d   Jones, B ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ASUREQUALITY LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cephalorhynchus; DDT; Hector's dolphin; Maui's dolphin; New Zealand; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; Placental transmission

Indexed keywords

DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; EAST COAST; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; NEW ZEALAND; OC PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; SOUTH ISLAND; WET WEIGHT;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); INSECTICIDES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDE; DDT; DOLPHIN; FAT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEPHALORHYNCUS HECTORI HECTORI; CEPHALORHYNCUS HECTORI MAUI; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOLPHIN; FEMALE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; TOXICOKINETICS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS; CEPHALORHYNCHUS HECTORI;

EID: 77953612441     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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