dc.creatorRomero, María Belén
dc.creatorPolizzi, Paula Sabrina
dc.creatorChiodi Boudet, Leila Natalia
dc.creatorRobles, Alicia Daniela
dc.creatorDas, Kalyan
dc.creatorGerpe, Marcela Silvia
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-14T20:37:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-15T12:40:07Z
dc.date.available2018-11-14T20:37:21Z
dc.date.available2022-10-15T12:40:07Z
dc.date.created2018-11-14T20:37:21Z
dc.date.issued2017-02
dc.identifierRomero, María Belén; Polizzi, Paula Sabrina; Chiodi Boudet, Leila Natalia; Robles, Alicia Daniela; Das, Kalyan; et al.; Metals as chemical tracers to discriminate ecological populations of threatened Franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) from Argentina; Springer Heidelberg; Environmental Science and Pollution Research; 24; 4; 2-2017; 3940-3950
dc.identifier0944-1344
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/64511
dc.identifier1614-7499
dc.identifierCONICET Digital
dc.identifierCONICET
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/4387113
dc.description.abstractFranciscana dolphins are the most impacted small cetacean in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, classified as Vulnerable A3d by IUCN. Essential (Fe, Mo, Mn, Cr, Ni, Co) and non-essential (Ag, Pb, Sn) trace elements (TEs) were measured in liver, kidney, and brain samples of by-catch Franciscana dolphins that were living in estuarine (n = 21) and marine (n = 21) habitats (1) to assess whether TEs posed a threat and (2) to evaluate the suitability of TEs for discriminating ecological populations of this species in Argentinean waters. Essential TEs showed little variation in tissues from both groups in agreement with levels reported for other cetaceans and suggesting that these concentrations correspond to normal physiological levels. Non-essential TEs were higher in estuarine juveniles and adults dolphins than in marine specimens. These results suggest anthropogenic sources associated with estuarine area and that Franciscana dolphins are good sentinels of the impact of the environment. The difference in the concentrations of TEs beetwen ecological populations appeared to be related to distinct exposures in both geographical areas, and it is suggested that Ag and Sn concentrations in adults are good chemical tracers of anthropogenic input of TEs. These results provide additional information for improved management and regulatory policy.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSpringer Heidelberg
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7970-9
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-016-7970-9
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectCETACEANS
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHICAL GROUPS
dc.subjectONTOGENY
dc.subjectSOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN
dc.subjectTRACE ELEMENTS
dc.titleMetals as chemical tracers to discriminate ecological populations of threatened Franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) from Argentina
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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