Mobilisation of lipophilic pollutants from blubber in northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris) during the post-weaning fast

Environmental Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 438-448

  Louis, Caroline ^a   Dirtu, Alin C ^b,c   Stas, Marie ^a   Guiot, Yves ^a   Malarvannan, Govindan ^b   Das, Krishna ^d   Costa, Daniel P ^e   Crocker, Daniel E ^f   Covaci, Adrian ^b   Debier, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blubber; Northern elephant seal; PBDEs; PCBs; Pesticides; Serum

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; BROMINE; CHLORINE; CHOLESTEROL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

DDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MOBILIZATION; PBDE; PCB; PINNIPED; SAMPLING; SERUM; WEANING;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLUBBER; CELL SIZE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HYDROLYSIS; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING;

ANO NUEVO STATE PARK; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BLUBBER; NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL; PBDES; PCBS; PESTICIDES; SERUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FASTING; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEALS, EARLESS; WEANING;

EID: 84900991562     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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