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An assessment of contaminant concentrations in toothed whale species of the NW Iberian Peninsula : Part I. Persistent organic pollutants

dc.contributor.authorMendez-Fernandez, Paula
dc.contributor.authorWebster, Lynda
dc.contributor.authorChouvelon, Tiphaine
dc.contributor.authorBustamante, Paco
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Marisa
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Angel F.
dc.contributor.authorLopez, Alfredo
dc.contributor.authorMoffat, Colin F.
dc.contributor.authorPierce, Graham J.
dc.contributor.authorRead, Fiona L.
dc.contributor.authorRussell, Marie
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Maria B.
dc.contributor.authorSpitz, Jerome
dc.contributor.authorVingada, Jose V.
dc.contributor.authorCaurant, Florence
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-07T09:00:06Z
dc.date.available2016-04-07T09:00:06Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-15
dc.identifier50767339
dc.identifier2fd64a19-9eb8-4fc9-adcc-5d4a8efa75d9
dc.identifier000336343600022
dc.identifier84899643339
dc.identifier.citationMendez-Fernandez , P , Webster , L , Chouvelon , T , Bustamante , P , Ferreira , M , Gonzalez , A F , Lopez , A , Moffat , C F , Pierce , G J , Read , F L , Russell , M , Santos , M B , Spitz , J , Vingada , J V & Caurant , F 2014 , ' An assessment of contaminant concentrations in toothed whale species of the NW Iberian Peninsula : Part I. Persistent organic pollutants ' , Science of the Total Environment , vol. 484 , pp. 196-205 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.045en
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2164/5829
dc.descriptionAcknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of volunteers from the Galician (CEMMA) and Portuguese (SPVS) stranding networks. They also thank E. Dalgarno, L. Phillips, I. Hussy and J. A. Scurfield for their help with the organochlorine analysis. We would like to thank R. Gallois and C. Trichet, for their participation in the determination of total lipid content. This work was supported through the PhD grant of PMF from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology of the Government of Portugal (SFRH/BD/36766/2007). GJP acknowledges support from the EU under the ANIMATE project (MEXC-CT-2006-042337). MBS was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Programa Nacional de Movilidad de Recursos Humanos de Investigación (PR-2010-0518) and the LOTOFPEL project (Plan Nacional de I + D + I, CTM 2010–16053). Two anonymous reviewers and the associate editor F. Riget are thanked for helpful suggestions and comments on an earlier form of this manuscript.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofScience of the Total Environmenten
dc.subjectSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren
dc.subjectPCBsen
dc.subjectPBDEsen
dc.subjectBioaccumulationen
dc.subjectPatternsen
dc.subjectToothed whalesen
dc.subjectNorthwest Iberian Peninsulaen
dc.subjectBottle-nosed dolphinsen
dc.subjectPolybrominated diphenyl ethersen
dc.subjectPorpoises phocoena-phocoenaen
dc.subjectPolychlorinated-Biphenyls PCBSen
dc.subjectFemale Coomon Dolphinsen
dc.subjectWestern-European Seasen
dc.subjectHarbor porpoisesen
dc.subjectOrganochlorine residuesen
dc.subjectTursiops-Truncatusen
dc.subjectMarine mammalsen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleAn assessment of contaminant concentrations in toothed whale species of the NW Iberian Peninsula : Part I. Persistent organic pollutantsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS)en
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Biological Sciencesen
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.045
dc.date.embargoedUntil2015-06-01
dc.identifier.vol484en


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