Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in killer whales () from the Crozet archipelago, southern Indian Ocean

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Noel, Marie, Barrett-Lennard, Lance, Guinet, Christophe, Dangerfield, Neil, S.Ross, Peter
• Other Authors: Institute of Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria Canada (UVIC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2009
• Subjects: killer whale; Crozet Archipelago; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs; TEQs; Indian; Possession Island; Killer Whale; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00563086; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00563086/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00563086/file/PEER_stage2_10.1016%252Fj.marenvres.2009.06.009.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.06.009

International audience Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs), and dibenzofurans (PCDFs), are ubiquitous environmental contaminants of which significant concentrations are reported in upper trophic level animals. In 19...