Pacific Ocean–Wide Profile of CYP1A1 Expression, Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Ratios, and Organic Contaminant Burden in Sperm Whale Skin Biopsies
Author(s) -
Céline GodardCodding,
R.B. Clark,
María Cristina Fossi,
Letizia Marsili,
S. Maltese,
Adam G. West,
Luciano O. Valenzuela,
Victoria J. Rowntree,
Ildiko Polyak,
John C. Can,
K. Allan Pinkerton,
Nadia T. RubioCisneros,
Sarah L. Mesnick,
Stephen B. Cox,
Iain Kerr,
Roger Payne,
John J. Stegeman
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0901809
Subject(s) - sperm whale , blubber , biomarker , trophic level , biomonitoring , whale , marine pollution , biology , benthic zone , sentinel species , bay , environmental science , marine ecosystem , pollution , oceanography , ecology , zoology , environmental chemistry , ecosystem , chemistry , geology , biochemistry , myoglobin
Ocean pollution affects marine organisms and ecosystems as well as humans. The International Oceanographic Commission recommends ocean health monitoring programs to investigate the presence of marine contaminants and the health of threatened species and the use of multiple and early-warning biomarker approaches.
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