Ecotoxicological Characterization of Type C Killer Whales From Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica): Molecular Biomarkers, Legacy, and Emerging Persistent Organic Contaminants

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Panti, C., Muñoz-Arnanz, Juan, Marsili, L., Panigada, S., Baini, M., Jiménez, Begoña, Fossi, M. C., Lauriano, G.
• Other Authors: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media 2022
• Subjects: Cetaceans; persistent organic pollutants (POPs); dechlorane plus (DP); gene expression; qRT- PCR; protein expression; PPARs; Antarctic; Austral; Mario Zucchelli; McMurdo Sound; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Killer Whale; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/277514; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.818370; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003339

Among killer whale forms, type C is a fish-eating form and is the most common in the Ross Sea. In the austral summer 2015, a study was conducted to evaluate the toxicological hazard these marine mammals face in the Antarctic ecosystem. Seven biopsy samples were collected from adult individuals (five...