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ORGANOCHLORINE, ORGANOBROMINE, METAL, AND SELENIUM RESIDUES IN BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS) COLLECTED DURING AN UNUSUAL MORTALITY EVENT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, 1990
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Kuehl, D. AND R. Haebler. ORGANOCHLORINE, ORGANOBROMINE, METAL, AND SELENIUM RESIDUES IN BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS) COLLECTED DURING AN UNUSUAL MORTALITY EVENT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, 1990. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-95/423.
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), cis-chlordane, oxychlordane, heptachlor epoxide, mirex, hexachlorobenzene HCB), lindane, octachlorostyrene (OCS),p,p'-DDE,p,p'-DDT, dieldrin, triphenylphosphate (TPP), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PB-DPEs) were measured in the blubber, and five metals (mercury, lead, cadmium, chromium, and manganese) and selenium were measured in the liver of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) obtained from the Gulf of Mexico during an unusual mortality event in 1990. he collection of animals included fetuses, sucklings (