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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 493, Issue -, Pages 405-410Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.003
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Brominated flame retardants; Cetaceans; Apparently increasing levels; Brazilian coast
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- CAPES
- CNPQ [314335/2009-9, 312341/2013, PQ 307843/2011-4]
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Total PBDE concentrations determined in archived blubber samples from franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) unintentionally captured in the Brazilian coastal region off Rio Grande do Sul State (FMA III) between 1994 and 2004 (n = 73) ranged from 7.9 to 65 ng g(-1), lipid weight in mature males, with an increase over the ten-year period. Total PBDE concentrations in blubber samples collected from the FAM II (n = 41) between 2002 and 2005 were higher (67.8 to 763.7 ng g(-1) 1w) than those from FMA III. This is possibly due to the proximity to important industrial development sites in the state of Sao Paulo. Despite the differences in total concentrations, PBDE profiles were comparable and the PBDE concentrations decreased in the following order BDE 47> BDE99 > BDE 100 for both FMA and for males and females as well as adults, juveniles and pups. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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