PBDEs in the blubber of marine mammals from coastal areas of São Paulo, Brazil, southwestern Atlantic

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2666-2670

  Yogui, G T ^a,b,c   Santos, M C O ^b   Bertozzi, C P ^b   Sericano, J L ^a   Montone, R C ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Persistent organic pollutant; Pontoporia blainvillei; Sotalia guianensis; Stenella frontalis; Steno bredanensis; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

FRONTALIS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS; STENO BREDANENSIS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

COASTAL ZONES; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; MAMMALS; MARINE POLLUTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CETACEAN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; DOLPHIN; LIPID; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STENELLA; STENELLA FRONTALIS; STENO BREDANENSIS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER SAMPLING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOLPHINS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS; STENELLA FRONTALIS; STENO BREDANENSIS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 81855183199     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.09.024     Document Type: Article

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