Tissue distribution of retinoids in common dolphins Delphinus delphis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 280, Issue , 2004, Pages 275-283

  Tornero, Victoria ^a   Borrell, Asunción ^a   Forcada, Jaume ^b   Aguilar, Álex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Blubber; Common dolphin; Compartmentation; Northwestern Spain; Retinoids

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DOLPHIN; EYE; ORGANOCHLORINE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 8444233671     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps280275     Document Type: Article

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