Environmental exposure to metals is believed to affect marine mammal health adversely
including immunosuppression or acute as well as chronic inflammatory processes leading to …

Environmental pollutants may affect the immune system of marine mammals in many areas
of the industrialized world. This study provides the first evidence for metal-induced …

Marine mammals appear to be good indicators of accumulated hazardous substances in the
marine environment caused mainly by consumption of contaminated fish. Because of their …

Immunological blood parameters and the effects of environmental pollutants on the immune
system are important to assess the health status of seals. Animals living permanently in seal …

Although the immunotoxicity of heavy metals is well established, evaluation of their potential
immunotoxicity in wildlife species is complicated by variables that could modulate the …

Marine mammals of the North Sea are loaded with metal pollutants. The environmental
exposure induces concentrations bioavailable to immune cells high enough to affect their …

Arctic seals are known to accumulate relatively high concentrations of potential toxic heavy
metals in their vital organs, such as livers and kidneys, as well as in their central nervous …

During the past few decades, increasing concern about environmental pollution has led to
many investigations on heavy metals and their distribution in the sea, air or biological …

Trace elements are pollutants of both natural and anthropogenic origin which can influence
negatively on ecosystem and wildlife health. We evaluated trace element in blood samples …

The cellular immunity of newborn harbor seals and the influence of pollutants are rarely
investigated. This study evaluated the lymphocyte proliferation using a lymphocyte …