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- Title
Organochlorine Residues in the Blubber and Liver of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Stranded in the Canary Islands, North Atlantic Ocean.
- Authors
Carballo, Matilde; Arbelo, Manuel; Esperón, Fernado; Mendez, Mariña; De la Torre, Ana; Muñoz, Maria Jesus
- Abstract
The article discusses the levels of organochlorine compounds found in the blubber and livers of bottlenose dolphins from the Canary Islands. The authors measured the concentrations of PCBs DDT and metabolites as well as chlordanes (CHLs), dieldrin, and hexaclorobenzene (HCB). They found the levels of PCBs and DDT were similar to those found in the same species in the North of Europe. They concluded that the levels of DDE associated with adverse effects found in marine mammals were close to those found in adult male bottlenose dolphins.
- Subjects
CANARY Islands; ORGANOCHLORINE compounds; BOTTLENOSE dolphin; POLYCHLORINATED biphenyls; DDT (Insecticide); METABOLITES; CHLORDAN; BLUBBER; LIVER
- Publication
Environmental Toxicology, 2008, Vol 23, Issue 2, p200
- ISSN
1520-4081
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/tox.20322