Environmental Engineering Reference
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Table 1.
Metadata for metal pollutants, including total Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd), Cupper (Cu) and Zinc (Zn) (µg/g dry weight) in selected
cetacean's species reported from 1978 to 2012.
Species
Conservation
Status
Location
(Country, State)
No. Samples
(sex)
Year
Hg
(liver)
Cd
(liver)
Cd
(Kidney)
Cu
(liver)
Zn (liver) Reference
Pontoporia
blainvillei
Vulnerable
SAO
(Argentina)
2
1988-1989
15 ± 6
13 ± 6
40 ± 16
64 ± 9
330 ± 60
Marcovecchio et
al. 1990
a
SAO
(Argentina)
18
-
30
b
9
b
27
b
76
b
119
b
Gerpe et al. 2002
a
SAO
(Argentina)
40
2001-2010
-
8 ± 10
-
27 ± 24
139 ± 61
Panebianco 2010,
Panebianco et al.
2012
a
-
nd-40
-
nd-126
57-301
SAO
(Argentina)
37
2001-2010
-
-
23 ± 30
-
-
Panebianco et al.
2011
a
-
-
nd-119
-
-
SAO
(Brazil)
n
Cu-Zn
=17
1987-1996
-
2 ± 2
1.2 ± 2
33 ± 18
145 ± 56
Lailson-Brito et
al. 2002
n
Cd
=14
n
Hg
=15
2-18
nd-7
nd-5
16-84
44-244
SAO
(Brazil)
23
1997-1999
4 ± 2
0.4 ± 1
-
45 ± 89
152 ± 82
Kunito et al. 2004
3-9
0.1-4
-
18-88
111-156
SAO
(Brazil)
44
-
-
2 ± 1
-
31 ± 50
-
Dorneles et al.
2007
a
-
0.2-17
-
4-229
-
SAO
(Brazil)
18
1998-2005
2.6 ± 2.3
0.6 ± 1
-
26 ± 41
-
Seixas et al. 2007,
2008, 2009
c
0.7-9.7
nd-3
-
3.13-189
SAO
(Brazil)
13
2003-2004
11
1.5 ± 1.3
-
-
1.2-52
0.1-4.1
-
-
