Pilot Assessment of Status and Trends of Persistent Chemicals in Marine Mammals

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are present in marine mammals living in all five OSPAR Regions. Toothed-cetaceans and some subpopulations of pinnipeds present moderate to high ranges of PCB concentrations, often surpassing the estimated toxicity thresholds for the onset of reproductive incapacity....

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pinzone, Marianna, Parmentier, Koen, Siebert, Ursula, Gilles, Anita, Authier, Mathieu, Caurant, Florence, Das, Krishna, Galatius, Anders, Geelhoed, Steve, Hernández Sánchez, María Teresa, Mendez‐Fernandez, Paula, Murphy, Sinead, Persson, Sara, Roos, Anna, van den Heuvel‐Greve, Martine, Vinas, Lucia, Williams, Rosie, Deaville, Rob
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: OSPAR Commission 2023
Subjects:
PCBs
Marine Mammals
OSPAR Convention
Pollution Indicator
Life sciences
Environmental sciences & ecology
Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Sciences du vivant
Sciences de l’environnement & écologie
Sciences aquatiques & océanologie
baleen whales
Online Access:https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/301028
https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/301028/1/p00903_pilot_persistent_chem_marine_mammals.pdf
Description
Summary:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are present in marine mammals living in all five OSPAR Regions. Toothed-cetaceans and some subpopulations of pinnipeds present moderate to high ranges of PCB concentrations, often surpassing the estimated toxicity thresholds for the onset of reproductive incapacity. The ranges of PCB concentrations of baleen whales are always below the estimated toxicity thresholds. 14. Life below water

Similar Items