Assessing levels of halogenated organic compounds in mass-stranded long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) from Australia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-125

  Weijs, Liesbeth ^a   Tibax, Detlef ^a   Roach, Anthony C ^b   Manning, Therese M ^b   Chapman, John C ^b   Edge, Katelyn ^b   Blust, Ronny ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gestational transfer; Long finned pilot whales; Mass stranding events; MeO PBDEs; POPs

Indexed keywords

GESTATIONAL TRANSFER; LONG-FINNED PILOT WHALES; MASS-STRANDING EVENTS; MEO-PBDES; POPS;

HEALTH RISKS; MAMMALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; METHOXYLATED POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS STRANDING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; PREGNANCY; WHALE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL TRANSFER; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LACTATION; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PILOT WHALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

GESTATIONAL TRANSFER; LONG-FINNED PILOT WHALES; MASS-STRANDING EVENTS; MEO-PBDES; POPS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CADAVER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; MALE; PREGNANCY; TASMANIA; WHALES, PILOT;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878417076     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.090     Document Type: Article

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