Ecological segregation inferred using chemical tracers and contamination assessment of five toothed whales in the Northwest Iberian Peninsula. Ségrégation écologique déterminée par des traceurs chimiques et estimation de la contamination de cinq cétacés odontocètes du nord-ouest de la pénisule ibérique

Archive ouverte | Mendez Fernandez, Paula | CCSD

The first objective of this PhD was to determine the degree of ecological segregation between five sympatric species of toothed whales (i.e. common dolphin Delphinus delphis, harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena, bottlenose dolphin ...

Use of skin and blubber tissues of small cetaceans to assess the trace element content of internal organs

Archive ouverte | Aubail, Aurore | CCSD

International audience. In order to evaluate the use of biopsy samples as non-destructive tool for assessing trace element concentrations in small cetaceans, the concentrations of 14 trace elements were determined i...

The use of trace elements (Cd, Cu, Hg, Se and Zn) to assess the impact of the Prestige oil spill on small cetaceans from the Galician coasts (NW Spain)

Archive ouverte | Mendez Fernandez, Paula | CCSD