| post mortem investigations on cetaceans found stranded on the coasts of italy between 1990 and 1993. | detailed pathological and virological examinations were carried out on 25 cetaceans found stranded between 1990 and 1993 on the coasts of six italian regions (latium, tuscany, apulia, abruzzo, veneto and sicily). there were 16 striped dolphins (stenella coeruleoalba), three bottlenosed dolphins (tursiops truncatus), three risso's dolphins (grampus griseus), one rough-toothed dolphin (steno bredanensis), one fin whale pup (balaenoptera physalus), and one minke whale (balaenoptera acutorostrata). ... | 1995 | 7631479 |
| distribution of cd and as in organs and tissues of four marine mammal species stranded along the italian coasts. | concentrations of cd and as were determined in organs and tissues (muscle, heart, kidney, lung and liver) of four cetacean species (stenella coeruleoalba, truncatus truncatus, grampus griseus and ziphius cavirostris) stranded along the italian coasts during the period 2000-2009. significant differences were found between cd concentrations in the different analysed tissues. particularly, the kidney shows the highest concentrations of cd in all analysed specimens, followed by the liver. no systema ... | 2012 | 22797766 |