Contaminants in cetaceans from UK waters: Status as assessed within the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme from 1990 to 2008

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1485-1494

  Law, Robin J ^a   Barry, Jon ^a   Barber, Jonathan L ^a   Bersuder, Philippe ^a   Deaville, Rob ^b   Reid, Robert J ^c   Brownlow, Andrew ^c   Penrose, Rod ^d   Barnett, James ^e   Loveridge, Jan ^f   Smith, Brian ^g   Jepson, Paul D ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Marine Environmental Monitoring   (United Kingdom)

^e AHVLA Polwhele   (United Kingdom)

^f Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly   (United Kingdom)

^g DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalized Additive Models; Harbour porpoise; HBCD; Organochlorine pesticides; PBDEs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; HARBOUR PORPOISE; HBCD; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PBDES; PCBS;

HEALTH RISKS; MAMMALS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ARGON; ARSENIC; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH STATUS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXICOLOGY; TREND ANALYSIS; WHALE;

ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; KILLER WHALE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PORPOISE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; MALE; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CETACEA; ORCINUS ORCA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; TURSIOPS;

EID: 84863468347     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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