Persistent organic pollutants in cetaceans living in a hotspot area: the Mediterranean sea
The main aim of this chapter is to document the contamination by persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in cetaceans living in the Mediterranean Sea, which is a hotspot area for both its biodiversity and its pollution. In fact, the Mediterranean Sea is particularly distressed by environmental contamin...
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ftunivsiena:oai:usiena-air.unisi.it:11365/1072427 2024-04-14T08:11:30+00:00 Persistent organic pollutants in cetaceans living in a hotspot area: the Mediterranean sea Marsili, Letizia Jiménez, Begoña Borrell, Asunción Marsili, Letizia Jiménez, Begoña Borrell, Asunción 2018 ELETTRONICO http://hdl.handle.net/11365/1072427 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812144-3.00007-3 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128121443 eng eng Elsevier Inc. country:NLD place:Amsterdam info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/isbn/9780128122501 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/isbn/978-012812144-3 ispartofbook:Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology: Impacts of Multiple Stressors on Population Health firstpage:185 lastpage:212 numberofpages:28 http://hdl.handle.net/11365/1072427 doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-812144-3.00007-3 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85056215984 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128121443 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Common bottlenose dolphin DDT Fin whale Marine mammal PBDE PCB PFAS Short-beaked common dolphin Sperm whale Striped dolphin 2300 Chemistry (all) info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart 2018 ftunivsiena https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812144-3.00007-3 2024-03-21T16:05:52Z The main aim of this chapter is to document the contamination by persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in cetaceans living in the Mediterranean Sea, which is a hotspot area for both its biodiversity and its pollution. In fact, the Mediterranean Sea is particularly distressed by environmental contamination because of its half-closed basin geomorphology and its high coastal anthropization. Seven of the eight common cetacean species in the Mediterranean Sea are odontocetes and, as such, are at the top of the trophic chain. For this reason and because of physiologic characteristics that have allowed them to live a completely aquatic life, such as thick adipose tissue, cetaceans accumulate high levels of lipophilic environmental contaminants (i.e., POPs). The only mysticete species, the long-living fin whale, is the largest filter feeder in the Mediterranean Sea and is highly contaminated by small particles, such as microplastics, which are abundant in the basin and also act as vectors of POPs. Book Part Fin whale Sperm whale Università degli Studi di Siena: USiena air 185 212 |
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The main aim of this chapter is to document the contamination by persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in cetaceans living in the Mediterranean Sea, which is a hotspot area for both its biodiversity and its pollution. In fact, the Mediterranean Sea is particularly distressed by environmental contamination because of its half-closed basin geomorphology and its high coastal anthropization. Seven of the eight common cetacean species in the Mediterranean Sea are odontocetes and, as such, are at the top of the trophic chain. For this reason and because of physiologic characteristics that have allowed them to live a completely aquatic life, such as thick adipose tissue, cetaceans accumulate high levels of lipophilic environmental contaminants (i.e., POPs). The only mysticete species, the long-living fin whale, is the largest filter feeder in the Mediterranean Sea and is highly contaminated by small particles, such as microplastics, which are abundant in the basin and also act as vectors of POPs. |
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Persistent organic pollutants in cetaceans living in a hotspot area: the Mediterranean sea |
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