Europe PMC

This website requires cookies, and the limited processing of your personal data in order to function. By using the site you are agreeing to this as outlined in our privacy notice and cookie policy.

Concentration of trace elements in long-finned pilot whales stranded in northern Patagonia, Chile.

Author information

Affiliations

  • 1. Melimoyu Ecosystem Research Institute, Fundación MERI, Santiago 7650720, Chile; CIFAMAC (Centro de Investigación de Fauna Marina y Avistamiento de Cetáceos), Mejillones, Chile.
      Authors
    • Garcia-Cegarra AM 1
    (1 author)
  • 2. Radioisotopes Lab, Biophysics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
      Authors
    • de A Padilha J 2
    (1 author)
  • 3. Departamento de Química Analítica, University of Rio de Janeiro, Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 149 - Centro de Tecnologia Federal, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 24020-007, Brazil.
      Authors
    • Braz BF 3
    (1 author)
  • 4. Department of Animal Science, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 537, Chillán, Chile.
      Authors
    • Ricciardi R 4
    (1 author)
  • 5. Melimoyu Ecosystem Research Institute, Fundación MERI, Santiago 7650720, Chile; Department of Animal Science, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 537, Chillán, Chile.
      Authors
    • Espejo W 5
    (1 author)
    • Show all (7)

ORCIDs linked to this article

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 29 Jan 2020, 151:110822
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110822 PMID: 31868594 

Abstract 

The use of trace metals and rare-earth elements (REEs) is increasing in the mining, metallurgic, electronic, and automobile industries due to their magnetic, heat-resistant, and phosphorescent properties. While large amounts of these metals are released to the environment, the toxic consequences in marine organisms are poorly understood. In Chile a mass stranding event of long-finned pilot whales (LFPW) (Globicephala melas) occurred in 2016 due to unknown consequences. Al, Ce, Cr, Cu, Tl, and Zn concentrations were analyzed in LFPW blubber tissue and correlated with body size and age class of individuals. While Al and Zn were higher in juvenile individuals, Ce, Cu, Cr, and Tl were higher in adults. This study provides the first base line of trace metals and REE in LFPW from the southern hemisphere and demonstrates the existence and persistence of trace elements in marine top predators from remote ecosystems like the Chilean Patagonia.

Full text links 

Read article at publisher's site: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110822

Citations & impact 

This article has not been cited yet.

Impact metrics

Alternative metrics

Altmetric item for https://www.altmetric.com/details/73445250
Altmetric
Discover the attention surrounding your research
https://www.altmetric.com/details/73445250

Smart citations by scite.ai
Smart citations by scite.ai include citation statements extracted from the full text of the citing article. The number of the statements may be higher than the number of citations provided by EuropePMC if one paper cites another multiple times or lower if scite has not yet processed some of the citing articles.
Explore citation contexts and check if this article has been supported or disputed.
https://scite.ai/reports/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110822

Supporting
Mentioning
Contrasting
0
5
0

Similar Articles 

To arrive at the top five similar articles we use a word-weighted algorithm to compare words from the Title and Abstract of each citation.

Funding 

Funders who supported this work.

Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Turismo

    National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (1)

    Universidad de Concepción