Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) from the Gulf of California

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 381-390

  Niño Torres, Carlos Alberto ^a,c   Zenteno Savín, Tania ^b   Gardner, Susan C ^b   Urbán R, Jorge ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b BCS   (Mexico)

^c Autonomous University of Baja California Sur   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera physalus; Fin whale; Gulf of california; Organochlorine; PCBs; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

BLUBBER BIOPSY; FIN WHALE; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; HEALTH EFFECTS; MAXIMUM VALUES; ME-XICO; OC PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINES; POPULATION-LEVEL EFFECTS; RANK ORDER; REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS; SMALL POPULATION;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ANIMALS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEALTH; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEALTH IMPACT; METABOLITE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; WHALE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALAENOPTERA; BIOPSY; FIN WHALE; METABOLITE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FIN WHALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MEXICO; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA;

EID: 77955162903     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20508     Document Type: Article

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