Evaluation of organochlorine contamination in Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) from the Pearl River Estuary, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 444, Issue , 2013, Pages 423-429

  Wu, Yinglin ^a   Shi, Jingchun ^a   Zheng, Gene J ^b   Li, Ping ^a   Liang, Bo ^a   Chen, Tufeng ^a   Wu, Yuping ^c   Liu, Wenhua ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DDTs; Indo Pacific humpback dolphin; Organochlorines; PCBs; Pearl River Estuary

Indexed keywords

DDTS; HUMPBACK DOLPHINS; ORGANOCHLORINES; PCBS; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESTUARIES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DOLPHIN; HCH; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLUBBER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; INDO PACIFIC HUMPBACK DOLPHIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUSA CHINENSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CHINA; DDT; DOLPHINS; ESTUARIES; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LINDANE; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 84871760676     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.110     Document Type: Article

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