Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology

PART 1. Legacy and emerging contaminants in marine mammal populations 1. Organochlorine contaminants and reproductive implication in cetaceans: A case study of the common dolphin Sinead Murphy, Robin J. Law, Robert Deaville, James Barnett, Matthew W. Perkins, Andrew Brownlow, Rod Penrose, Jonathan L. Barber and Paul D. Jepson 2. Feeding ecology tools to assess contaminant exposure in coastal mammals Elizabeth A. McHuron, Sarah H. Peterson, and Todd M O'Hara, 3. Legacy contamination in estuarine dolphin species from the South American coast Tracy Collier, Celine Godard 4. Legacy contamination in estuarine dolphin species from the South American coast Salvatore Siciliano, Jailson F. Moura, Davi C. Tavares, Helena A. Kehrig, Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis, Isabel Moreira, Ricardo Lavandier, Leila Lemos, Renata Emin-Lima and Natalia S. Quinete 5. Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Marine Mammals Patricia A. Fair and Magali Houde 6. Marine debris interaction with marine mammals Maria Cristina Fossi, Cristina Panti, Matteo Baini, Sara Baulch 7. Persistent organic pollutants in cetaceans living in a hotspot area: the Mediterranean sea Letizia Marsili, Begona Jimenez, Asuncion Borrell 8. Pollutants in tropical marine mammals of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: An Ecotoxicological Quest to the Last Eden Juan Jose Alava and Peter S. Ross PART 2. Effects of toxicological and cumulative stress on marine mammal health 9. Field sampling techniques and ecotoxicological Biomarkers in cetaceans Maria Cristina Fossi, Cristina Panti Celine Godard-Codding 10. Ecotoxicological biomarkers and accumulation of contaminants in pinnipeds Kristina Lehnert, Krishna Das and Ursula Siebert 11. New technologies for monitoring marine mammal health Annalaura Mancia 12. Immunotoxic effects of environmental pollutants in marine mammals Jean-Pierre Desforges, Christian Sonne, Rune Dietz, Milton Levin 13. Ecotoxicological stress in Arctic marine mammals - with particular focus on polar bears Heli Routti, Bjorn Munro Jenssen, Sabrina Tartu 14. Toxicological Risks and Considerations Associated with Lipophilic Contaminant Burdens of Southern Ocean Mysticetes Susan Bengston-Nash 15. Emerging pathogens and stress syndromes of cetaceans in European waters: cumulative effects Sandro Mazzariol, Manuel Arbelo, Cinzia Centelleghe, Giovanni Di Guardo, Antonio Fernandez, Eva Sierra 16. Ecotoxicology of the Sirenia in the Twenty-First Century Thomas J. O'Shea, Noel Y. Takeuchi, Liesbeth Weijs, Helene Marsh, PART 3. Implication for monitoring and conservation of marine mammals 17. Marine mammals and multiple stressors, implications for conservation and policy. Mark Peter Simmonds