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PCBs and DDTs in Stenella coeruleoalba dolphins from the French Mediterranean coastal environment (2007-2009): Current state of contamination

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Wafo, Emmanuel | Risoul, Véronique | Schembri, Thérèse | Lagadec, Véronique | Dhermain, Frank | Mama, Chacha | Portugal, Henri

Edité par CCSD ; Elsevier -

International audience. Organochlorinated compounds including PolyChloroBiphenyles, Dichloro-DiphenylTrichloroethan and metabolites are determinated in Stenella coeruleoalba (n = 37) stranded on the french Mediterranean coasts from 2007 till 2009. Studies are carried out on lung, muscle, kidney, liver, and blubber. The sought-after compounds are all detected to variable levels in each tissue and organ. In general, total PCBs are the most abondant, followed by total DDTs. The concentration (in ng g(-1) of lipid weight) in blubber of S. coeruleoalba, varied from 2,052 to 158,992 for PCBs and from 1,120 to 45,779 for DDTs. The ratios DDE/tDDTs are higher than 80% in almost all samples. The overall results of this work, compared to previous studies concerning the Mediterranean Sea, seems to confirm the tendency to a decrease of the contamination by organics compounds for the cetaceans in the Western Mediterranean Sea. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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