Mercury concentrations in wild humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) sampled in the Colombian Pacific and in Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Author: Angel Romero, Paula Andrea
• Other Authors: Luna Acosta, Andrea, Barragán Barrera, Dalia Carolina, Caballero Gaitán, Susana Josefina
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de los Andes 2017
• Subjects: Mercurio; Ballenas jorobadas; Contaminantes; Bioacumulación; Toxicología veterinaria; Biología; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ballenas; Largas; Pacific; Sudeste; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antártica; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1992/39623

"The G stock of Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) conducts one of the longest cetacean migration from Antarctic Peninsula (feeding area) to the Southeast Pacific (breeding and calving area), being exposed to several pollutants such as mercury, which has been previously reported in the An...