High levels of persistent organic pollutants measured in blubber of island-associated false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) around the main Hawaiian Islands

Mar Pollut Bull. 2009 Dec;58(12):1932-7. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.08.029. Epub 2009 Sep 25.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Chlordan / metabolism
  • DDT / metabolism
  • Dieldrin / metabolism
  • Dolphins / metabolism*
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / metabolism
  • Hawaii
  • Hexachlorobenzene / metabolism
  • Male
  • Mirex / metabolism
  • Organic Chemicals / metabolism*
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls / metabolism
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / metabolism*

Substances

  • Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers
  • Organic Chemicals
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Chlordan
  • Hexachlorobenzene
  • pentabromodiphenyl ether
  • DDT
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls
  • Dieldrin
  • Mirex