Trace elements in tissues of cetacean species rarely stranded along the Israeli Mediterranean coast

Efrat Shoham-Frider; Dan Kerem; Mia Roditi-Elasar; Oz Goffman; Danny Morick; Olga Yoffe; Nurit Kress

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.03.017

Trace elements in tissues of cetacean species rarely stranded along the Israeli Mediterranean coast

Efrat Shoham-Frider
, Dan Kerem
, Mia Roditi-Elasar
, Oz Goffman
, Danny Morick
, Olga Yoffe
, Nurit Kress

Department of Blue biotechnologies and Sustainable mariculture

University of Haifa

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Abstract

In this paper we present the concentrations of Hg, Cd, Se, Pb, Cu, Mn, Zn and Fe in organs of 6 non-common specimens of cetaceans that were stranded along the Israeli Mediterranean coast (IMC), during 2002-2010: two fin whales, one minke whale, one Cuvier's beaked whale, one rough-toothed dolphin, and one Risso's dolphin. Most of the specimens were calves stranded by accident. Concentrations of Hg and Cd were low in tissues of the baleen whales and higher in the toothed whales, with maximum concentrations of 1067mgkg^-1 Hg in the liver of the Risso's dolphin and 29mgkg^-1 Cd in the kidney of the Cuvier's beaked whale. As far as we are aware, this is the first report of trace elements in baleen whales in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the first report of trace elements in minke whale and rough-toothed dolphin in the Mediterranean.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	376-382
Number of pages	7
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume	83
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.03.017
State	Published - 15 Jun 2014

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SDG 14 Life Below Water

Keywords

Dolphins
Eastern Mediterranean
Stranding
Trace elements
Whales

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oceanography
Aquatic Science
Pollution

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Trace elements in tissues of cetacean species rarely stranded along the Israeli Mediterranean coast

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