Chlorinated and brominated organic contaminants and metabolites in the plasma and diet of a captive killer whale (Orcinus orca)

Mar Pollut Bull. 2009 Jul;58(7):1078-83. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.05.005. Epub 2009 May 31.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Feed / analysis*
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Fishes / metabolism
  • Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / analysis
  • Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / blood
  • Pesticides / analysis
  • Pesticides / blood
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls / analysis
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls / blood
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / blood*
  • Whale, Killer / blood*
  • Whale, Killer / metabolism

Substances

  • Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers
  • Pesticides
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls