Hepatic and renal metallothionein concentrations in Commerson's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) from Tierra del Fuego, South Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Cáceres Saez, Iris, Polizzi, Paula Sabrina, Romero, María Belén, Dellabianca, Natalia Andrea, Ribeiro, Sergio, Prosser Goodall, Rae Natalie, Cappozzo, Humberto Luis, Gerpe, Marcela Silvia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: METALLOTHIONEINS; SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SUBANTARCTIC DOLPHINS; TRACE ELEMENTS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Argentino; Argentina; Romero; Polizzi; South Atlantic Ocean; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/63343

The Commerson's dolphin is the most common endemic odontocete of subantarctic waters of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina incidentally caught in fishing nets. The species is classified as "Data Deficient" by the IUCN. Metallothioneins (MTs) are considered as suitable biomarkers for health a...