Stranded cetaceans as indicators of mercury pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. Bellante, a., Sprovieri, M., Buscaino, G., Buffa, G., Di Stefano, V., Salvagio Manta, D., Barra, M., Filiciotto, F., Bonanno, A., Giacoma, C., & Mazzola, S. Italian Journal of Zoology, 79(1):151-160, 2012.
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Were found in liver samples of both species (8.4-1752 mgkg1 dry weight for S. coeruleoalba and 9.6-1404 mgkg1 d.w. for T. truncatus). Statistically significant dissimilarities of Hg concentrations were recorded in muscle and liver tissues of S. coeruleoalba stranded in different geographical areas of the Mediterranean Sea as apparent direct response to uneven impacts of Hg pollution in the basin. A noteworthy outcome was that cetaceans stranded on the French coasts showed significantly higher levels of Hg contamination than those from other Mediterranean areas while the eastern part of the basin evidences the lowest Hg concentrations in the studied organisms. Moreover, the results of this study tentatively suggest the existence of different sub-populations of the two species in the basin. Concentrations of Hg were determined in tissues (muscle, heart, kidney, lung and liver) of two cetacean species (Stenella coeruleoalba and Tursiops truncatus) stranded along the Italian coasts during the period 20002009 and compared with those previously reported by other authors from different areas of the Mediterranean basin. The highest concentrations of Hg
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