Persistent organic pollutants in the endangered Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) from the main Hawaiian Islands

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2588-2598

  Lopez, Jessica ^a,b   Boyd, Daryle ^c   Ylitalo, Gina M ^c   Littnan, Charles ^d   Pearce, Ronald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Endangered species; Hawaii; Hawaiian monk seal; Monachus schauinslandi; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

ADULT FEMALES; CRITICALLY ENDANGERED; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HAWAII; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SERUM SAMPLES;

BODY FLUIDS; CONSERVATION; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LIPID; MIREX; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEALTH IMPACT; JUVENILE; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PINNIPED; SERUM;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLUBBER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHLORDAN; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAWAII; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEALS, EARLESS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI;

EID: 84868192441     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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