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Title: PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters
Authors: Jepson, Paul D.
Deaville, Rob
Barber, Jonathan L.
Aguilar, Àlex
Borrell, Asunción
Murphy, Sinéad
Barry, Jon
Brownlow, Andrew
Barnett, James
Berrow, Simon
Cunningham, Andrew A.
Davison, Nicholas J.
Doeschate, Mariel ten
Esteban, Ruth
Ferreira, Marisa
Foote, Andrew D.
Genov, Tilen
Giménez, Joan
Loveridge, Jan
Llavona, Ángela
Martin, Vidal
Maxwel, David L.
Papachlimitzou, Alexandra
Penrose, Rod
Perkins, Matthew W.
Smith, Brian
Stephanis, Renaud de
Tregenza, Nick
Verborgh, Philippe
Fernández Rodríguez, Antonio Jesús 
Law, Robin J.
UNESCO Clasification: 330811 Control de la contaminación del agua
240119 Zoología marina
Keywords: Porpoises Phocoena-Phocoena
Bottle-Nosed Dolphins
Polychlorinated-Biphenyls
Stenella-Coeruleoalba
Striped Dolphin, et al
Issue Date: 2016
Journal: Scientific Reports 
Abstract: Organochlorine (OC) pesticides and the more persistent polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have well-established dose-dependent toxicities to birds, fish and mammals in experimental studies, but the actual impact of OC pollutants on European marine top predators remains unknown. Here we show that several cetacean species have very high mean blubber PCB concentrations likely to cause population declines and suppress population recovery.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/20408
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep18573
Source: Scientific Reports [ISSN 2045-2322], v. 6, p. 18573
Rights: by
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