Pilot Assessment of Status and Trends of persistent chemicals in marine mammals

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are present in marine mammals living in all five OSPAR Regions. Toothed-cetaceans and some subpopulations of pinnipeds present moderate to high ranges of PCB concentrations, often surpassing the estimated toxicity thresholds for the onset of reproductive incapacity....

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Main Authors: Pinzone, M., Parmentier, K., Siebert, U., Gilles, A., Authier, M., Brownlow, A., Caurant, F., Das, K., Galatius, A., Geelhoed, S.C.V., Hernandez-Sanches, M.T., Mendez-Fernandez, P., Murphy, S., Persson, S., Roos, A., van den Heuvel-Greve, M.J., Vinas, L.
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: OSPAR Commission 2022
Subjects:
Life Science
baleen whales
Online Access:https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/pilot-assessment-of-status-and-trends-of-persistent-chemicals-in-
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Summary:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are present in marine mammals living in all five OSPAR Regions. Toothed-cetaceans and some subpopulations of pinnipeds present moderate to high ranges of PCB concentrations, often surpassing the estimated toxicity thresholds for the onset of reproductive incapacity. The ranges of PCB concentrations of baleen whales are always below the estimated toxicity thresholds.

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