PCBs and DDTs in Stenella coeruleoalba dolphins from the French Mediterranean coastal environment (2007-2009): Current state of contamination

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2535-2541

  Wafo, Emmanuel ^a   Risoul, Véronique ^b   Schembri, Thérèse ^c   Lagadec, Véronique ^d   Dhermain, Frank ^e   Mama, Chacha ^f   Portugal, Henri ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c University of the Mediterranean Aix Marseille II   (France)

^d University of Aix Marseille AMU   (France)

^e CLINIQUE VÉTÉRINAIRE   (France)

^f ALHOSN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

DDT; Mediterranean Sea; Organochlorinated compounds; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Stenella coeruleoalba dolphins

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; DDT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ORGANICS; ORGANOCHLORINATED COMPOUNDS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; DOLPHIN; MARINE POLLUTION; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUBBER; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRANCE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSCLES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; STENELLA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [FRANCE]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CETACEA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 84868212179     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.07.034     Document Type: Article

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