Journal article
Persistence, bioaccumulation and vertical transfer of pollutants in long-finned pilot whales stranded in Chilean Patagonia
Abstract
Long-finned pilot whales (LFPW) are cetaceans with strong social groups often involved in mass strandings worldwide. However, these beachings occur for reasons that are not fully understood. In 2016, 124 LFPW were stranded on the Chilean Patagonian islands, offering a unique opportunity to obtain crucial information on the ecology, biology, and genetics of this population. In addition, we examined whether persistent organic pollutants (POPs) …
Authors
Garcia-Cegarra AM; Jung J-L; Orrego R; Padilha JDA; Malm O; Ferreira-Braz B; Santelli RE; Pozo K; Pribylova P; Alvarado-Rybak M
Journal
The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 770, ,
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145259
ISSN
0048-9697