PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters

D. Jepson, Paul; Deaville, Rob; L. Barber, Jonathan; Aguilar, Àlex; Borrell, Asunción; Murphy, Sinéad; Barry, Jon; Brownlow, Andrew; Barnett, James; Berrow, Simon; A. Cunningham, Andrew; J. Davison, Nicholas; ten Doeschate, Mariel; Esteban, Ruth; Ferreira, Marisa; D. Foote, Andrew; Genov, Tilen; Giménez, Joan; Loveridge, Jan; Llavona, Ángela; Martin, Vidal; L. Maxwell, David; Papachlimitzou, Alexandra; Penrose, Rod; W. Perkins, Matthew; Smith, Brian; de Stephanis, Renaud; Tregenza, Nick; Verborgh, Philippe; Fernandez, Antonio; J. Law, Robin

doi:10.1038/srep18573

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PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters

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Authors:

Paul D. Jepson

Rob Deaville

Jonathan L. Barber

Abstract

Abstract Organochlorine (OC) pesticides and the more persistent polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have well-established dose-dependent toxicities to birds, fish and mammals in experimental studies, but the actual impact of OC pollutants on European marine top predators remains unknown. Here we show t...

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