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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 472, Issue -, Pages 194-203Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.117
Keywords
Guiana dolphin; Bioaccumulation; Cetaceans; Organochlorines; Discriminant analysis
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Funding
- Brazilian Research Council-CNPQ [480701/2009-1]
- Research Support Foundation of the State of Bahia (FAPESB)
- Laboratorio de Mamiferos Aquaticos e Bioindicadores Professora Izabel Gurgel (MAQUA)
- Associacao de Pesquisa e Preservacao de Ecossistemas Aquaticos (AQUASIS)
- CNPq
- FAPESB
- CNPq (PQ-2)
- FAPERJ (JCNE)
- UERJ (Prociencia Program)
- Programa Petrobras Ambiental
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Organochlorine compounds are highly persistent in the environment, causing bioaccumulation and biomagnification through the marine food chain. To verify the bioaccumulation pattern of DDT and its metabolites, as well as PCBs, Mirex, HCHs and HCB, samples of subcutaneous adipose tissue from 25 Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis), two Fraser's dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei), two spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris), one spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis), and one striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) were analyzed. The collected specimens were found stranded in northeastern Brazil between 2005 and 2011. The concentrations were reported in mu g center dot g(-1) lip, varying from 0.02 to 17.3 for Sigma PCB, from 0.003 to 5.19 for Sigma DDT, from 0.005 to 0.16 for Sigma HCH, from 0.002 to 0.16 for HCB, and from 0.02 to 238 for Mirex. The PCBs dominated the bioaccumulation pattern for both the Guiana and spinner dolphins; for the other species, DDT was the major compound. A discriminant function analysis revealed the differences in the organochlorine accumulation patterns between the Guiana dolphin (S. guianensis) and the continental shelf/oceanic dolphins (S. frontalis and S. longirostris). The results also show that the concentrations of organochlorine compounds found in the delphinids in northeastern Brazil were lower than the delphinids found in other regions of Brazil, as well as other locations worldwide with intense agroindustrial development and/or a larger population. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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