Levels and profiles of POPs (organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, and PAHs) in free-ranging common bottlenose dolphins of the Canary Islands, Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-31

  García Alvarez, Natalia ^a   Martín, Vidal ^b   Fernández, Antonio ^a   Almunia, Javier ^c   Xuriach, Aina ^a   Arbelo, Manuel ^a   Tejedor, Marisa ^b   Boada, Luis D ^a   Zumbado, Manuel ^a   Luzardo, Octavio P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Society for the Study of Cetaceans in the Canary Archipelago (SECAC) Casa de los Arroyo   (Spain)

^c Loro Parque SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biopsies; Bottlenose dolphins; Canary Islands; Free ranging dolphins; Persistent organic pollutants; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CONSERVATION; DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); MAMMALS; MARINE POLLUTION; NAPHTHALENE; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS); BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; CANARY ISLANDS; MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; BIOPSY;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DOLPHIN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOHALOGEN; PAH; PCB; PESTICIDE; PHENANTHRENE; PYRENE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; BIOACCUMULATION; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FAT MASS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84902493639     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.125     Document Type: Article

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