Organochlorine contaminants in blubber from stranded marine mammals collected from the Northern Oregon and Southern Washington coasts: Implications for re-introducing California Condors, Gymnogyps Californianus, in Oregon

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 269-273

  Gundersen, Deke T ^a   Duffield, Deborah A ^b   Randall, Tina ^a   Wintle, Nate ^b   D'Alessandro, Dalin N ^b   Rice, James M ^c   Shepherdson, David ^d  

^a PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Oregon Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

DDE; Marine mammals; PCBs

Indexed keywords

DDE; FOOD SOURCES; MARINE MAMMALS; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

MAMMALS;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CETACEA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CETACEA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; OREGON; PINNIPEDIA; SEX FACTORS; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GYMNOGYPS; GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84876188529     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0940-0     Document Type: Article

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