Legacy contaminants and low occurrence of PAHs in Sotalia guianensis from a highly impacted coastal region, Santos Basin, Brazil
Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) are coastal top predators exposed to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). We evaluated PCBs, DDTs, and PAHs in liver tissues of 70 stranded individuals from the Santos Basin, southeastern Brazil. The maximum concentrations reached, in wet...