Relationship between persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and ranging patterns in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from coastal Georgia, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2094-2101

  Balmer, Brian C ^a,b   Schwacke, Lori H ^c   Wells, Randall S ^b   George, R Clay ^d   Hoguet, Jennifer ^e   Kucklick, John R ^e   Lane, Suzanne M ^c   Martinez, Anthony ^f   McLellan, William A ^a   Rosel, Patricia E ^f   Rowles, Teri K ^f   Sparks, Kate ^d   Speakman, Todd ^c   Zolman, Eric S ^c   Pabst, D Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

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

^f NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Persistent organic pollutants; Photo identification; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

AROCLORS; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; CHLORINATED CONGENERS; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; GEORGIA; IDENTIFICATION DATA; MARINE MAMMALS; PCB CONGENERS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION; POINT SOURCES; SUPERFUND SITES; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); MAMMALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

AROCLOR; AROCLOR 1268; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MIREX; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOLPHIN; MARINE MAMMAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLUBBER; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGING PATTERN; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEORGIA; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BRUNSWICK ESTUARY [GEORGIA]; GEORGIA; SAPELO ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 79953308825     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.01.052     Document Type: Article

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