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- Title
DDT Strikes Back: Galapagos Sea Lions Face Increasing Health Risks.
- Authors
Alava, Juan José; Salazar, Sandie; Cruz, Marilyn; Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Gustavo; Villegas-Amtmann, Stella; Paéz-Rosas, Diego; Costa, Daniel P.; Ross, Peter S.; Ikonomou, Michael G.; Gobas, Frank A. P. C.
- Abstract
The article discusses the increasing health risk of Galapagos sea lions because of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) pesticide contamination. It states that DDT concentrations in Galapagos sea lions are expected to be associated with impacts on the immune system. It mentions that Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) can have a bioaccumulation in oceanic and coastal-marine food chains of the Galapagos sea lions, wherein it compromises its reproductive status and health.
- Subjects
GALAPAGOS Islands; DDT (Insecticide); SEA lions; PERSISTENT pollutants; IMMUNOLOGIC diseases; ANIMAL reproduction; BIOACCUMULATION; ISLAND ecology
- Publication
AMBIO - A Journal of the Human Environment, 2011, Vol 40, Issue 4, p425
- ISSN
0044-7447
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s13280-011-0136-6