Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology: Impacts of Multiple Stressors on Population Health

ISBN-13: 9780128121443 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 512 str.

Maria Cristina Fossi; Cristina Panti

Spis treści

PART 1. Legacy and emerging contaminants in marine mammal populations 1. Organochlorine contaminants and reproductive implication in cetaceans: A case study of the common dolphin  2. Feeding ecology tools to assess contaminant exposure in coastal mammals  3. The toxicological effects of oil exposure on cetaceans  4.  Legacy contamination in estuarine dolphin species from the South American coast  5. Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Marine Mammals 6. Marine debris interaction with marine mammals  7. Persistent organic pollutants in cetaceans living in a hotspot area: the Mediterranean sea 8. Pollutants in tropical marine mammals of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: An Ecotoxicological Quest to the Last Eden 

PART 2. Effects of toxicological and cumulative stress on marine mammal health 9. Field sampling techniques and ecotoxicological Biomarkers in cetaceans  10. Ecotoxicological biomarkers and accumulation of contaminants in pinnipeds  11. New technologies for monitoring marine mammal health  12. Immunotoxic effects of environmental pollutants in marine mammals 13. Ecotoxicological stress in Arctic marine mammals - with particular focus on polar bears 14. Toxicological Risks and Considerations Associated with Lipophilic Contaminant Burdens of Mysticetes in Antarctic Ecosystems  15. Emerging pathogens and stress syndromes of cetaceans in European waters: cumulative effects 16. Ecotoxicology of the Sirenia in the Twenty-First Century 

PART 3. Implication for monitoring and conservation of marine mammals 17. Marine mammals and multiple stressors, implications for conservation and policy