Marine lab research tracks pollutants in dolphins, beluga whales
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 10:00
in Biology & Nature
Bottlenose dolphins and beluga whales, two marine species at or near the top of their respective food webs, accumulate more chemical pollutants in their bodies when they live and feed in waters near urbanized areas, according to scientists working at the Hollings Marine Laboratory (HML), a government-university collaboration in Charleston, S.C.