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Trace element concentrations in skin of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the southeast Atlantic coast
| Title: | Trace element concentrations in skin of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the southeast Atlantic coast. |
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| Name(s): |
Stavros, Hui-Chen W., creator Bossart, Gregory D., creator Hulsey, Thomas C., creator Fair, Patricia A., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 2008 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Extent: | 17 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 2709686 (digitool), FADT2709686 (IID), fau:5508 (fedora), 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.030 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Concentrations of trace elements (Al, As, Ba, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn, Tl, U, V, Zn) and total mercury (THg) were determined in skin samples collected from free-ranging bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) populations. Dolphins were captured in the estuarine waters of Charleston (CHS), South Carolina (n = 74) and the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), Florida (n = 75) during 2003, 2004 and 2005. A subset of the skin tissue samples were used to determine methylmercury (MeHg) levels in CHS (n = 17) and IRL (n = 8) bottlenose dolphins. Distributions of trace element concentrations by age (adult vs. juvenile), gender (male vs. female) and study area (CHS vs. IRL) were examined. In general, higher elemental skin concentrations were found in CHS adult males than those of IRL adult males, except for THg and MeHg. For CHS dolphins, adult females showed significantly higher THg levels than juvenile females while higher Mn levels were found in juvenile females. This is the author's version of a work accepted for publication by Elsevier. Changes resulting from the publishing process, including peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and other quality control mechanisms, may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was published at www.sciencedirect.com and may be cited as: Stavros, H.W., Bossart, G.D., Hulsey, T.C. and Fair, P.A (2008) Trace Element Concentrations in blood of free‐ranging bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncates): Influence of age, sex and location 56(2):371‐379 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.10.030 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1689. |
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| Subject(s): |
Marine mammals --Effects of water pollution on Bottlenose dolphin --Research --United States Trace elements --Toxicology |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2709686 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.030 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©2007 Elsevier B.V. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Other Version: | This is the author's version of a work accepted for publication by Elsevier. Changes resulting from the publishing process, including peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and other quality control mechanisms, may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was published at www.sciencedirect.com and may be cited as: Stavros, H.W., Bossart, G.D., Hulsey, T.C. and Fair, P.A (2008) Trace Element Concentrations in blood of free‐ranging bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncates): Influence of age, sex and location 56(2):371‐379 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.10.030. |
