Marine mammal ecotoxicology : impacts of multiple stressors on population health /: impacts of multiple stressors on population health. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Maria Cristina Fossi, Cristina Panti.
• Editors: Fossi, Maria Cristina; Panti, Cristina
• Contents: Front Cover; Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology; Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; SECTION I: LEGACY AND EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN MARINE MAMMAL POPULATIONS; SECTION II: EFFECTS OF TOXICOLOGIC AND CUMULATIVE STRESS ON MARINE MAMMAL HEALTH; SECTION III: IMPLICATION FOR MONITORING AND CONSERVATION OF MARINE MAMMALS; List of Abbreviations; I -- Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in Marine Mammal Populations; 1 -- Organochlorine Contaminants and Reproductive Implication in Cetaceans: A Case Study of the Common Dolphin; INTRODUCTION CASES OF REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE AND DYSFUNCTION ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO OCS IN CETACEANSCASE STUDY OF SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN IN THE NORTHEAST ATLANTIC; Study Design; Incidences of Reproductive Abnormalities and Disorders in Common Dolphins; Effects of Contaminants on Reproduction in Common Dolphins; PCB and Reproductive Implications for Common Dolphins; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 2 -- Feeding Ecology Tools to Assess Contaminant Exposure in Coastal Mammals; CONTAMINANTS AND COASTAL MAMMALS; A NONLINEAR VIEW OF THE FATE AND TRANSPORT OF CONTAMINANTS TO COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS USE OF STABLE ISOTOPES AS A CHEMICAL FEEDING ECOLOGY TOOL IN CONTAMINANT STUDIESStatistical Approaches; Trophic Level Interactions; Nontrophic Level Interactions; Geographic Variation; Limitations and Considerations; ADDITIONAL FEEDING ECOLOGY TOOLS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 3 -- The Effects of Oil Exposure on Cetaceans; INTRODUCTION; Properties of Oil; Exposure of Cetaceans to Oil; EFFECTS OF OIL ON CETACEANS; Range of Organismal Effects Following Oil Exposure; Organismal Effects Related to Specific Routes of Exposure; Inhalation and Aspiration; Dermal Exposure; Oral Exposure Effects Observed in Other Relevant SpeciesAquatic Species; Humans and Other Terrestrial Mammalian Species; Population Effects Following Oil Exposure; Unusual Mortality Events (UME); Population Effects Beyond UME; FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; 4 -- Legacy Contamination in Estuarine Dolphin Species From the South American Coast; INTRODUCTION; ESSENTIAL AND NONESSENTIAL ELEMENTAL CONTAMINATION IN GUIANA AND FRANCISCANA DOLPHINS; THE SPECIFIC CASE OF MERCURY ACCUMULATION AND TOXICITY IN MARINE MAMMALS POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL AND POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER CONTAMINATION IN GUIANA AND FRANCISCANA DOLPHINSAPPLICATION OF BIOMARKERS OF RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS IN DOLPHINS; FINAL REMARKS; REFERENCES; 5 -- Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Marine Mammals; INTRODUCTION; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF PFASS IN MARINE MAMMALS; TEMPORAL TRENDS IN THE BIOACCUMULATION OF PFASS IN MARINE MAMMALS; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, U.S. -- A CASE STUDY; HEALTH-RELATED EFFECTS OF PFASS IN MARINE MAMMALS; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; REFERENCES 6 -- Impacts of Marine Litter on Cetaceans: A Focus on Plastic Pollution
• Publisher Details: London : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 577.7; Marine ecology; Environmental toxicology; NATURE / Ecology; NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness; SCIENCE / Environmental Science; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128122501; 0128122501
• Related ISBNs: 9780128121443
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 13, 2018)
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