First evidence of legacy chlorinated POPs bioaccumulation in Antarctic sponges from the Ross sea and the South Shetland Islands

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Pala, Nicolas, Jiménez, Begoña, Roscales, José L., Bertolino, Marco, Baroni, Davide, Figuerola, Blanca, Àvila, Conxita, Corsolini, Simonetta
• Other Authors: Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Generalitat de Catalunya, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: PCBs; Chlorinated pesticides; Porifera; Southern Ocean; Bioaccumulation; Benthic organisms; Conserve and sustainably use the oceans; seas and marine resources for sustainable development; Antarctic; Deception Island; Ross Sea; South Shetland Islands; Terra Nova Bay; Tethys Bay; Whalers Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/331255; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121661

4 figures, 1 table Antarctica is no longer pristine due to the confirmed presence of anthropogenic contaminants like Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Benthic organisms are poorly represented in contamination studies in Antarctica although they are known to bioaccumulate contaminants. Sponges (P...