ORGANOCHLORINE LEVELS IN COMMON SEALS (PHOCA-VITULINA) WHICH WERE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF THE 1988 PHOCINE DISTEMPER EPIZOOTIC

被引:103
作者
HALL, AJ
LAW, RJ
WELLS, DE
HARWOOD, J
ROSS, HM
KENNEDY, S
ALLCHIN, CR
CAMPBELL, LA
POMEROY, PP
机构
[1] MAFF,DIRECTORATE FISHERIES RES,FISHERIES LAB,BURNHAM CROUCH CM0 8HA,ESSEX,ENGLAND
[2] AGR & FISHERIES DEPT,MARINE LAB,SCOTTISH OFF,ABERDEEN AB9 8DB,SCOTLAND
[3] SCOTTISH AGR COLL,CTR VET INVEST,INVERNESS IV2 4JZ,SCOTLAND
[4] VET RES LABS,BELFAST BT4 3SD,ANTRIM,NORTH IRELAND
关键词
PHOCID DISTEMPER; ORGANOCHLORINES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; DDT; SEALS;
D O I
10.1016/0048-9697(92)90039-U
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
We compared concentrations of organochlorines in the blubber of common seals (Phoca vitulina) found dead during the 1988 phocine distemper epizootic with levels in animals which survived it. There were highly significant differences between the live and dead animals, and between sample sites. These were not fully accounted for by seasonal and condition-related changes in blubber thickness.
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