Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in marine mammals: A review and synthesis

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

卷:171

Review

Lourenco, Rafael Andre¹  Taniguchi, Satie¹  da Silva, Josilene¹  Gallotta, Fabiana Dias Costa²  Bicego, Marcia Caruso¹ 

[1] Univ Sao Paulo IO USP, Inst Oceanog, Praca Oceanog, 191 Cidade Univ, BR-05508120 Sao Paulo, Brazil

[2] Ctr Pesquisa & Desenvolvimento Leopoldo Miguez Me, CENPES Petrobras, Av Horacio Macedo 950, BR-21941915 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

关键词: PAHs;    Marine mammals;    Cetaceans;    Pinnipeds;    Sirenians;    Biological tissues;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112699

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Most marine mammal species and populations are listed as endangered, threatened, or depleted under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Organic contaminants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from anthropogenic activities are part of the threat to marine mammals. The evaluation of the potential bioaccumulation of these compounds by marine mammals is a tool for adoption of policies to reduce polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons discharges to the marine environment, where important players such as the oil and gas industries, maritime transport and sewage companies operate. This review seeks to present a bibliographic survey covering all published peer reviewed works of the contents of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in biological tissues of marine mammals. It intended to compare the sampling protocols, procedures for preservation of the tissues, and the analytical method applied to quantify the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, no to criticize any of them but to review the data and discuss how they can be compared.

【 授权许可】

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