FINGERPRINT OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS IN 2 POPULATIONS OF SOUTHERN SEA LIONS (OTARIA-FLAVESCENS)

Authors
MARSILI L FOSSI MC CASINI S SAVELLI C JIMENEZ B JUNIN M CASTELLO H
Citation
L. Marsili et al., FINGERPRINT OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS IN 2 POPULATIONS OF SOUTHERN SEA LIONS (OTARIA-FLAVESCENS), Chemosphere, 34(4), 1997, pp. 759-770
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Chemosphere → ACNP
ISSN journal
00456535
Volume
34
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
759 - 770
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(1997)34:4<759:FOPAI2>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The fingerprint of 14 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was inve stigated in biopsy, fur, blood, liver and faeces of live and dead spec imens of two Argentinian population of southern sea lion (Otaria flave scens). One colony lives in Mar del Plata harbour which is particularl y polluted with petroleum, the second (control) colony lives at Punta Bermeja (Patagonia). The highest concentrations of the five carcinogen ic PAHs were found in the Mar del Plata sea lions. (C) 1997 Elsevier S cience Ltd.