Anthropogenic impacts on the Orbetello lagoon ecosystem

The aim of the present study was to assess the environmental quality of Orbetello lagoon (Tyrrhenian coast, Italy), using a biomonitoring method based on measuring organochlorinated pollutants in the Anguilla anguilla, chosen as sentinel organism, and remote sensing data obtained by elaboration of L...

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Published in:Toxicology and Industrial Health
Main Authors: FOCARDI SILVIA, M. MARIOTTINI, RENZI M, G. PERRA, SILVANO FOCARDI
Other Authors: Focardi, Silvia, M., Mariottini, Renzi, M, G., Perra, Silvano, Focardi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
biomonitoring
European eel
POP
remote sensing
Anguilla anguilla
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2959784
https://doi.org/10.1177/0748233709106465
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Summary:The aim of the present study was to assess the environmental quality of Orbetello lagoon (Tyrrhenian coast, Italy), using a biomonitoring method based on measuring organochlorinated pollutants in the Anguilla anguilla, chosen as sentinel organism, and remote sensing data obtained by elaboration of Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM) data of 2002. Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides were determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry in muscle of European eels captured in seven sites having different levels of pollution in Orbetello lagoon. Remote sensing data and chemical analysis showed the Albegna river as a probable vehicle of pesticides (hexachlorocyclohexanes).

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