Modeling PCB-bioaccumulation in the bottlenose dolphin (tursiops truncatus): Estimating a dietary threshold concentration

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 12314-12324

  Hickie, Brendan E ^a   Cadieux, Marc A ^a,b   Riehl, Kimberly N ^a   Bossart, Gregory D ^c   Alava, Juan José ^d   Fair, Patricia A ^e  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c GEORGIA AQUARIUM   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS); BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION; MODEL PERFORMANCE; PCB CONCENTRATION; THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TISSUE;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOLPHIN; ESTIMATION METHOD; JUVENILE; LIPID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PCB; POPULATION STRUCTURE; THRESHOLD;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

CHARLESTON; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; CALIBRATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHES; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84887919460     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403166b     Document Type: Article

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