Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in killer whales (Orcinus orca) from the Crozet archipelago, southern Indian Ocean

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: killer whale; Crozet Archipelago; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs; TEQs; Canada; Indian; British Columbia; Barrett; Possession Island; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/50297; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.06.009

Abstract Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), and dibenzofurans (PCDFs), are ubiquitous environmental contaminants of which significant concentrations are reported in upper trophic level animals. In 1998, we coll...