Stable isotope analysis (SIA) has emerged as a common tool in ecology and has proven
especially useful in the study of animal diet, habitat use, movement, and physiology. SIA has …

Marine mammals of the North Sea are loaded with metal pollutants. The environmental
exposure induces concentrations bioavailable to immune cells high enough to affect their …

Given the increased extraction of trace elements for use by new and emerging technologies,
monitoring the environmental fate and potential effects of these compounds within the …

Persistence of pollution into our natural environment has concurrently led to instability,
disorder, harm or discomfort to both the physical systems and living organisms inhabiting the …

Stable isotope and hormone analyses offer insight into the health, stress, nutrition,
movements, and reproduction of individuals and populations. Such information can provide …

Develo** Canadian hydroelectric resources is a key component of North American plans
for meeting future energy demands. Microbial production of the bioaccumulative neurotoxin …

We assessed the spatiotemporal trends of the concentrations of 11 heavy metals (HMs) in
the liver and kidney of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) from western …

The harbour porpoise is the only resident cetacean species in the German Baltic Sea. Within
the last several decades this harbour porpoise stock declined drastically, causing deep …

Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in blubber of female common dolphins
and harbour porpoises from the Atlantic coast of Europe were frequently above the threshold …

The pilot whale Globicephala melas, the sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus, and the fin
whale Balaenoptera physalus are large cetaceans permanently inhabiting the …