Diamondback terrapins as indicator species of persistent organic pollutants: Using Barnegat Bay, New Jersey as a case study

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-144

  Basile, Emily R ^a   Avery, Harold W ^a   Bien, Walter F ^a   Keller, Jennifer M ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Chlorinated pesticides; Maternal transfer; Monitoring; PCBs; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTOLOGY; MOLLUSCS; MONITORING; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CHLORINATED PESTICIDES; MATERNAL TRANSFER; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); REPTILE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

FLAME RETARDANT; PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TRICLOSAN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; LONGEVITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; PERSISTENCE; PESTICIDE; PLASMA; PREDATION; SALTMARSH; SAMPLING; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SITE FIDELITY; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAMONDBACK TERRAPIN; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE SPECIES; FORAGING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PREDATOR; PREY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

BARNEGAT BAY; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EMYDIDAE; MALACLEMYS; MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN; MYTILUS EDULIS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78650226061     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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