Spatial distribution of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inferred from stable isotopes and priority organic pollutants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 425, Issue , 2012, Pages 223-230

  Wilson, Rachel Marie ^a   Kucklick, John R ^b   Balmer, Brian C ^c   Wells, Randall S ^c   Chanton, Jeffrey P ^a   Nowacek, Douglas P ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus); Florida Gulf Coast; Priority organic pollutant; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FLORIDA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GULF COAST; HUMAN POPULATION; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPE VALUES; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

CARBON 13; NITROGEN 15; SULFUR;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOLPHIN; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GULF OF MEXICO; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GULF OF MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SULFUR ISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SAINT ANDREWS BAY; SAINT GEORGE SOUND; SAINT JOSEPH BAY; UNITED STATES;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84859987690     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.030     Document Type: Article

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