Effects of trophic ecology and habitat use on maternal transfer of contaminants in four species of young of the year lamniform sharks

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-38

  Lyons, Kady ^a   Carlisle, Aaron ^b   Preti, Antonella ^c   Mull, Christopher ^d   Blasius, Mary ^a   O'Sullivan, John ^e   Winkler, Chuck ^f   Lowe, Christopher G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^f Southern California Marine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Elasmobranch; Maternal offloading; Metals; Organochlorine; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION PATTERNS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT LOADS; ELASMOBRANCH; MATERNAL OFFLOADING; MATERNAL TRANSFER; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; ORGANOCHLORINES;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CONTAMINATION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; MERCURY; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HABITAT USE; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; SHARK; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ALOPIAS VULPINUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; ECOLOGY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HABITAT USE; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; LAMNA DITROPIS; MATERNAL OFFLOADING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SHARK; SPECIES COMPARISON; TROPHIC ECOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALOPIAS VULPINUS; ANIMALIA; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; LAMNA DITROPIS; LAMNIFORMES;

4,4′-DDE; ANALYSIS OF SIMILARITY; ANOSIM; BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHANE; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; ELASMOBRANCH; MATERNAL OFFLOADING; METALS; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SIMILARITY PERCENTAGE ANALYSIS; SIMPER; TROPHIC ECOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; DDT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIVER; MERCURY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SHARKS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84883054065     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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