PCB and DDT levels do not appear to have enhanced the mortality of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the 2007 Mediterranean epizootic

Chemosphere

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-463

  Castrillon, J ^a   Gomez Campos, E ^a   Aguilar, A ^a   Berdie L ^a   Borrell, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; Morbillivirus; Mortality; Organochlorine pollutants; Striped dolphins

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORTALITY; ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTANTS; STRIPED DOLPHINS;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DDT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOLPHIN; MORTALITY; PCB; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRULENCE; VIRUS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; STENELLA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; VIRULENCE; VIRUS STRAIN; WATER POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; TRENDS; VIROLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

MORBILLIVIRUS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

ANIMALS; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; MORTALITY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; STENELLA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77956876318     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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