Life history as a source of variation for persistent organic pollutant (POP) patterns in a community of common bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus) resident to Sarasota Bay, FL - Yordy, Jennifer E.; Wells, Randall S.; Balmer, Brian C.; Schwacke, Lori H.; Rowles, Teri K.; Kucklick, John R. (The Science of the total environment, 2010)
Keywords: adults; Age; Age Factors; analysis; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; blubber; Bottle-Nosed Dolphin; Bottle-Nosed Dolphin - physiology; Bottlenose dolphin; Cetacea; Communities; Contaminant mixtures; Contaminants; cytochrome P-450; diet; Dolphins; drug effects; Ecosystem; ecosystems; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Environmental Monitoring; Female; females; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated - analysis; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated - metabolism; Life Cycle Stages; Life Cycle Stages - drug effects; Life Cycle Stages - physiology; Life history; Male; Males; Marine; metabolism; Milk; partition coefficients; Persistent organic pollutants; Pesticide Residues; Pesticide Residues - analysis; Pesticide Residues - metabolism; pesticides; physiology; Polybrominated Biphenyls; Polybrominated Biphenyls - analysis; Polybrominated Biphenyls - metabolism; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls; POPs; Populations; predators; principal component analysis; Sea water ecosystems; Synecology; Tursiops truncatus; Water Pollutants, Chemical; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism; ASW, USA, Florida, Sarasota Bay; Life history; Bottlenose dolphin; Persistent organic pollutants; POPs; Contaminant mixtures; Tursiops truncatus; Marine environment; Persistent organic pollutant; Aquatic environment; Vertebrata; Pollution; Mammalia; Delphinus delphis; Cetacea; Bay; Sedentary; Community; Contaminant; Organic compounds