Bellante Antonio, Sprovieri Mario, Buscaino Giuseppa, Buffa Gaspare, Di Stefano Vincenzo, Manta Daniela Salvagio, Barra Marco, Filiciotto Francesco, Bonanno Angelo, Mazzola Salvatore
CNR- Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero, Via del Mare 3, Capo Granitola 91021, Campobello di Mazara (TP), Italy.
J Environ Monit. 2012 Sep;14(9):2382-91. doi: 10.1039/c2em30161j. Epub 2012 Jul 16.
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 systematic or statistically significant difference in As concentrations was found in the analysed tissues. Considerable differences of Cd and As values in samples from different geographical areas (Sicily Channel, Adriatic Sea and Tyrrhenian Sea) were found, with the highest values measured in samples from the Sicily Channel. This basically suggests that anthropogenic and natural sources significantly affect Cd and As content in cetaceans.
2000年至2009年期间，对搁浅在意大利海岸的四种鲸类动物（条纹原海豚、真海豚、灰海豚和柯氏喙鲸）的器官和组织（肌肉、心脏、肾脏、肺和肝脏）中的镉和砷浓度进行了测定。在不同分析组织的镉浓度之间发现了显著差异。特别是，在所有分析样本中，肾脏中的镉浓度最高，其次是肝脏。在所分析的组织中，未发现砷浓度有系统性或统计学上的显著差异。发现来自不同地理区域（西西里海峡、亚得里亚海和第勒尼安海）的样本中镉和砷值存在相当大的差异，其中西西里海峡样本中的测量值最高。这基本上表明，人为和自然来源对鲸类动物体内镉和砷的含量有显著影响。
