Could feeding habit and migratory behaviour be the causes of different toxicological hazard to cetaceans of Gulf of California (Mexico)?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13353-13366

  Fossi, M C ^a   Panti, C ^a   Marsili, L ^a   Maltese, S ^a   Coppola, D ^a   Jimenez, B ^b   Munoz Arnanz J ^b   Finoia, M G ^c   Rojas Bracho, L ^d   Urban, R J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^d Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Gulf of California; Lipophilic contaminants; Mexico; Mysticetes; Odontocetes; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; DELPHINUS CAPENSIS; ORCINUS ORCA; PHYSETERIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F1; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABIT; METABOLISM; MEXICO; POPULATION MIGRATION; SKIN; WATER POLLUTANT; WHALE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DOLPHINS; E2F1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MEXICO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SKIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALES;

EID: 84912049029     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2574-8     Document Type: Article

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