Evidence of Maternal Offloading of Organic Contaminants in White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Mull, Christopher G ^a   Lyons, Kady ^a   Blasius, Mary E ^a   Winkler, Chuck ^b   O'Sullivan, John B ^c   Lowe, Christopher G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern California Marine Institute   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; CHLORINE; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BREEDING; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORAGING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATERNAL OFFLOADING; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SHARK; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALIFORNIA; CHLORINE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAWATER; SHARKS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84876991446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062886     Document Type: Article

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