Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in killer whales (Orcinus orca) from the Crozet Archipelago, southern Indian Ocean

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Noël, Marie, Barrett-Lennard, Lance G., Guinet, Christophe, Dangerfield, Neil, Ross, Peter S.
• Other Authors: Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia (UBC), Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2009
• Subjects: Killer whale; Crozet Archipelago; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs; TEQs; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Indian; Possession Island; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00527120; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.06.009

International audience 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...