Organochlorine compound accumulation in delphinids from Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazilian coast

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-131

  Lailson Brito, José ^a   Dorneles, Paulo R ^b   Azevedo Silva, Cláudio E ^b   Bisi, Tatiana L ^a   Vidal, Lara G ^a   Legat, Leticiaá N ^a   Azevedo, Alexandre F ^a   Torres, João Paulo M ^b   Malm, Olaf ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Cetacean; DDT; Discriminant analysis; HCB; PCB

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; BRAZILIAN COAST; CETACEAN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DDT; FALSE KILLER WHALES; HABITAT USE; HCB; KILLER WHALE; MARINE MAMMALS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OPEN OCEAN; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINES; ROUGH-TOOTHED;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MAMMALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DDT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; HABITAT USE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; BRAZIL; COASTAL WATERS; COMMON DOLPHIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT USE; KILLER WHALE; LAGENODELPHIS HOSEI; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; STENO BREDANENSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CETACEA; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS CAPENSIS; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA; PSEUDORCA; STENO; TURSIOPS;

EID: 84863452248     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.030     Document Type: Article

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