Geography and stage of development affect persistent organic pollutants in stranded and wild-caught harbor seal pups from central California

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3537-3547

  Greig, Denise J ^a,d   Ylitalo, Gina M ^b   Wheeler, Elizabeth A ^a   Boyd, Daryle ^b   Gulland, Frances M D ^a   Yanagida, Gladys K ^b   Harvey, James T ^c   Hall, Ailsa J ^d  

^a THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blubber; DDT; HCH; PBDE; PCB; Phoca vitulina

Indexed keywords

BLUBBER; DDT; HCH; PBDE; PHOCA VITULINA;

ETHERS; ISOMERS; MAMMALS; MARINE POLLUTION; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

DDT; HCH; MARINE MAMMAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FETUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SUCKLING; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WEANING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CHLORDAN; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; LINDANE; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOCA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 79959723671     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.047     Document Type: Article

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