Vertical distribution of lipids, fatty acids and organochlorine contaminants in the blubber of southern hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-31

  Waugh, Courtney A ^a   Nichols, Peter D ^b   Schlabach, Martin ^c   Noad, Michael ^a   Bengtson Nash, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Blubber stratification; Fatty acids; Lipids; Persistent organic pollutants; Southern hemisphere humpback whales

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; HUMPBACK WHALES; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

FATTY ACIDS; IMPURITIES; LIPIDS; MAMMALS; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

FATTY ACID; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; FATTY ACID; LIPID; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMPBACK WHALE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPHILICITY; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANTARCTICA;

MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

ANTARCTICA; BLUBBER STRATIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE HUMPBACK WHALES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMPBACK WHALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIPIDS; MALE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84892976916     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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