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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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