Stranded false killer whales, Pseudorca crassidens, in Southern South America reveal potentially dangerous silver concentrations

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Cáceres Saez, Iris, Haro, Daniela, Blank, Olivia, Aguayo Lobo, Anelio, Dougnac, Catherine, Arredondo, Cristóbal, Cappozzo, Humberto Luis, Ribeiro Guevara, Sergio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: ODONTOCETES; ORGANS; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; STRANDINGS; TOXIC METAL; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentino; Argentina; Haro; Aguayo; Anelio; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/123958

Silver (Ag) is a non-essential metal known to bioaccumulate in aquatic organisms. We determined Ag concentrations in five false killer whales stranded in South America. Silver concentrations (in dry weight basis) range as 6.62–10.78 μg g−1 in liver, 0.008–7.41 μg g−1 in spleen, 0.004–5.71 μg g−1 in...