Reflections on the ecosystem services of whales and valuing their contribution to human well-being

D Cook, L Malinauskaite, B Davíðsdóttir… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although whale ecosystem services have been scarcely explored in the academic literature,
they illustrate many of the threats, trade-offs and decision-making dilemmas common to …

Occurrence, analysis and removal of pesticides, hormones, pharmaceuticals, and other contaminants in soil and water streams for the past two decades: a review

S Kanan, M Moyet, K Obeideen, Y El-Sayed… - Research on Chemical …, 2022 - Springer
Chemical waste constitutes a group of environmental pollutants including pesticides, heavy
metals, hormones, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare products that are widely distributed in …

Soil tillage and compost amendment promote bioremediation and biofertility of polluted area

V Ventorino, A Pascale, M Fagnano, P Adamo… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
The risk for human health and environment due to the presence in agricultural soils of
organic and inorganic contaminants derived from illegal waste disposal, posed the need to …

[HTML][HTML] The adverse health effects of increasing microplastic pollution on aquatic mammals

G Nabi, S Ahmad, S Ullah, S Zada, M Sarfraz… - Journal of King Saud …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs), an emerging ubiquitous pollutant in the aquatic ecosystem, pose
serious health concerns to the survival of aquatic fauna, especially top predators (eg …

Metal and metalloid maternal transfer in a newborn West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) two years after the northeastern oil spill disaster of 2019 in Brazil

LS Lemos, FLN Attademo, LH de Paiva Jr… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
A large-scale oil spill along the northeastern Brazilian coast in 2019–2020 severely
impacted primary manatee habitats in Brazil. This study aimed to assess metal and metalloid …

[图书][B] Fathoms: The World in the Whale

R Giggs - 2021 - books.google.com
Winner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction* Finalist for the
2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction* Finalist for the PEN/EO Wilson Literary Science Writing …

Trace element concentrations, including Cd and Hg, in long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas edwardii) mass stranded on the New Zealand coast

A Lischka, EL Betty, HE Braid, CJ Pook, S Gaw… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Southern Hemisphere long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas edwardii) is
a top predator in the New Zealand pelagic food web, feeding predominantly on arrow …

Blowing in the Wind: Using a Consumer Drone for the Collection of Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Blow Samples during the Arctic Polar Nights

H Costa, A Rogan, C Zadra, O Larsen, AH Rikardsen… - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
Analysis of cetacean blow offers a unique potential for non-invasive assessments of their
health. In recent years, the use of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) has revolutionized the …

Contaminant assessment of stranded and deceased beaked whales (Ziphiidae) on the New South Wales coast of Australia

N Palmer, A Reichelt-Brushett, J Hall, D Cagnazzi… - Marine pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metal and organic pollutants are prominent marine contaminants that disperse widely
throughout the environment. Some contaminants biomagnify, leaving long-lived apex …

Trace elements accumulation in the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)–a threat to the endangered freshwater cetacean

X Xiong, Z Qian, Z Mei, J Wu, Y Hao, K Wang… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
As a freshwater cetacean with a population of only approximately 1000 individuals, the
Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is threatened by …