Hg and Se in Organs of Three Cetacean Species from the Murcia Coastline (Mediterranean Sea)

We determinated Hg and Se concentrations in liver, kidney, brain, lung and muscle of five bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ), four common dolphins ( Delphinus delphis ) and four Risso’s dolphin ( Grampus griseus ) stranded along the Murcia coast, Southeast Spain, in order to evaluate the risk...

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Published in:Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2019-10, Vol.103 (4), p.521-527
Main Authors: Martínez-López, E., Peñalver, J., Lara, L., García-Fernández, A. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Aquatic mammals
Aquatic Pollution
Biochemical markers
Bottle-Nosed Dolphin - metabolism
Cetacea
Coasts
Common Dolphins - metabolism
Delphinus delphis
Dolphins
Dolphins & porpoises
Dolphins - metabolism
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Grampus griseus
Kidney - chemistry
Kidneys
Liver
Liver - chemistry
Lungs
Mediterranean Sea
Mercury - analysis
Muscles
Organ Specificity
Organs
Pollution
Risk assessment
Selenium
Selenium - analysis
Soil Science & Conservation
Spain
Stranding
Toxicity
Tursiops truncatus
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Summary:We determinated Hg and Se concentrations in liver, kidney, brain, lung and muscle of five bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ), four common dolphins ( Delphinus delphis ) and four Risso’s dolphin ( Grampus griseus ) stranded along the Murcia coast, Southeast Spain, in order to evaluate the risk of Hg toxicity. Hg concentrations showed similar concentrations to other individuals in the Mediterranean Sea with the same length in the same period. We observed a positive correlation of Hg and Se in liver (r = 0.948, p  
ISSN:0007-4861
1432-0800
DOI:10.1007/s00128-019-02697-9