Assessing the effect of persistent organic pollutants on reproductive activity in common dolphins and harbour porpoises

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 42, Issue , 2009, Pages 153-173

  Murphy, S ^a   Pierce, G J ^b,c   Law, R J ^d   Bersuder, P ^d   Jepson, P D ^e   Learmonth, J A ^b   Addink, M ^f   Dabin, W ^g   Santos, M B ^b,c   Deaville, R ^e   Zegers, B N ^h   Mets, A ⁱ   Rogan, E ^j   Ridoux, V ⁱ   Reid, R J ^k   Smeenk, C ^f   Jauniaux, T ^l   Lopez A ^m   Alonso Farre J M ^m   Gonzalez A F ⁿ   Guerra, A ⁿ   Garcia Hartmann M ^f,o   Lockyer, C ^p   Boon, J P ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g Ctr Rech sur les Mammiferes Marins   (France)

^h ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UMR 7356 CNRS University of La Rochelle   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^k SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^m CEMMA   (Spain)

ⁿ INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^o Elephant house   (Germany)

^p Age Dynamics   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Corpora albicantia; Corpora lutea; Delphinus delphis; Health; Ovarian scars; Persistent organic pollutants; Phocoena phocoena; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857676180     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/J.v42.m658     Document Type: Article

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