DDT in endangered Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 660-671

  Alava, Juan Jose ^a   Ross, Peter S ^b   Ikonomou, Michael G ^b   Cruz, Marilyn ^c   Jimenez Uzcátegui, Gustavo ^d   Dubetz, Cory ^b   Salazar, Sandie ^d   Costa, Daniel P ^e   Villegas Amtmann, Stella ^e   Howorth, Peter ^f   Gobas, Frank A P C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Galapagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

^d Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DDT; Ecuador; Galapagos Islands; Galapagos sea lion; Health risk; P,p DDE

Indexed keywords

ANTI-ANDROGENIC; DDT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; POSSIBLE FUTURES; REFERENCE POINTS; RISK CHARACTERIZATION; SEA LIONS; TOXIC EFFECT;

HEALTH; MAMMALS;

HEALTH RISKS;

CHLORPHENOTANE;

ANDROGEN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DETECTION METHOD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEALTH RISK; METABOLITE; PINNIPED;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIANDROGEN ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CUB; ECOTOXICITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; HORMONE INHIBITION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; SEAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZALOPHUS WOLLEBAEKI;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DDT; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LIPIDS; MALE; MUSCLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

MIROUNGA LEONINA; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI; PINNIPEDIA; RATTUS; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS WOLLEBAEKI;

EID: 79954617285     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.01.032     Document Type: Article

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