Persistent organic pollutant concentrations in blubber of 16 species of cetaceans stranded in the Pacific Islands from 1997 through 2011

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 488-489, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-123

  Bachman, Melannie J ^a,b   Keller, Jennifer M ^b   West, Kristi L ^a   Jensen, Brenda A ^a  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Hawai'i; Marine mammals; Pacific; Persistent organic pollutants; POPs

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDES; MAMMALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CETACEANS; HAWAI'I; MARINE MAMMALS; PACIFIC; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POPS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; LIPID; MIREX; OCTACHLOROSTYRENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXIC MATERIAL; WHALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUBBER; CETACEAN; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHINID; FEMALE; HUMPBACK WHALE; KILLER WHALE; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MARINE MAMMAL; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MYSTICETES; NONHUMAN; ODONTOCETES; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); UNITED STATES;

CETACEANS; HAWAI'I; MARINE MAMMALS; PACIFIC; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POPS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84899910853     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.073     Document Type: Article

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