Accumulation of organochlorine contaminants in loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, from the eastern Adriatic Sea

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-129

  Lazar, Bojan ^a   Maslov, Luna ^b   Romanić, Snježana Herceg ^b   Gračan, Romana ^a   Krauthacker, Blanka ^b   Holcer, Draško ^c,d   Tvrtković, Nikola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^d Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Biomagnification; Mediterranean Sea; Organochlorine pesticides; PCB congeners; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; BIOMAGNIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PCB CONGENERS; SEA TURTLES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DIOXIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDE; DDT; DIOXIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD WEB; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXICITY; TURTLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FOOD WEB; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEA POLLUTION; TURTLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE;

EID: 78650212902     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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