Organochlorine contaminant exposure and associations with hematological and humoral immune functional assays with dam age as a factor in free-ranging northern fur seal pups (Callorhinus ursinus).

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Published in Mar Pollut Bull on May 01, 2003

Authors

Kimberlee B Beckmen1, John E Blake, Gina M Ylitalo, Jeffrey L Stott, Todd M O'Hara

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757000, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000, USA. fnkbb@uaf.edu

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