Mammals marine, organochlorine residues

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Karups, S., Annamalai, S., Obbard, J.P., 2004b. Organochlorine residues in marine mammals from southeast coast of India. Chemosphere 60, 891-897. 

Considerable attention has been given to the investigation of organochlorine residues in the marine polar ecosystems where the two effects of global distillation and bioaccumulation combine to produce high residues in predatory species such as marine mammals, fish and sea birds. As these compounds preferentially reside in fatty tissues, the high fat content of many of the northern marine species, and the inherited contamination through lactation, indicate that such ecosystems may be some of the most vulnerable. 

Kannan, K., J. Falandysz, N. Yamashita, S. Tanabe, and R. Tatasukawa. 1992. Temporal trends of organochlorine concentrations in cod-liver oil from the southern Baltic proper, 1971-1989. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 24 358-363. Kawano, M., T. Inoue, T. Wada, H. Hidaka, and R. Tatasukawa. 1988. Bioconcentration and residue patterns of chlordane compounds in marine animals invertebrates, fish, mammals, and seabirds. Environ. Sci. Technol. 22 792-797. 

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