Pacific ocean-wide profile of CYP1A1 expression, stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios, and organic contaminant burden in sperm whale skin biopsies

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-343

  Godard Codding, Céline A J ^a,b,c   Clark, Rebecca ^b   Fossi, Maria Cristina ^d   Marsili, Letizia ^d   Maltese, Silvia ^d   West, Adam G ^e,f   Valenzuela, Luciano ^e,g   Rowntree, Victoria ^b,e   Polyak, Ildiko ^b   Cannon, John C ^b   Pinkerton, Kim ^b   Rubio Cisneros, Nadia ^h   Mesnick, Sarah L ⁱ   Cox, Stephen B ^c   Kerr, Iain ^b   Payne, Roger ^b   Stegeman, John J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Ocean Alliance   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas   (Argentina)

^h Centro de Investigationes Biologicas del Noroestre   (Mexico)

ⁱ NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; CYP1A1; Cytochrome P450; Marine ecosystem; Marine mammal; PAH; PCB; PHAH; Sperm whale; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHRYSENE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MITOTANE; NAPHTHALENE; NITROGEN; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEA POLLUTION; SEX; SKIN BIOPSY; SPERM WHALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BODY BURDEN; CARBON ISOTOPES; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SKIN; SPERM WHALE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 79952358362     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901809     Document Type: Article

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