The aim of the present study was to assess the environmental quality of Orbetello lagoon (Tyrrhenian coast, Italy), using a biomonitoring method based on measuring organochlorinated pollutants in the Anguilla anguilla, chosen as sentinel organism, and remote sensing data obtained by elaboration of Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM) data of 2002. Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides were determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry in muscle of European eels captured in seven sites having different levels of pollution in Orbetello lagoon. Remote sensing data and chemical analysis showed the Albegna river as a probable vehicle of pesticides (hexachlorocyclohexanes). © 2009, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
Focardi, S., Mariottini, M., Renzi, M., Perra, G., Focardi, S.E. (2009). Anthropogenic impacts on the Orbetello lagoon ecosystem. TOXICOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL HEALTH, 25(4-5), 365-371 [10.1177/0748233709106465].
Anthropogenic impacts on the Orbetello lagoon ecosystem
FOCARDI, S.;MARIOTTINI, M.;PERRA, G.;FOCARDI, S. E.
2009-01-01
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to assess the environmental quality of Orbetello lagoon (Tyrrhenian coast, Italy), using a biomonitoring method based on measuring organochlorinated pollutants in the Anguilla anguilla, chosen as sentinel organism, and remote sensing data obtained by elaboration of Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM) data of 2002. Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides were determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry in muscle of European eels captured in seven sites having different levels of pollution in Orbetello lagoon. Remote sensing data and chemical analysis showed the Albegna river as a probable vehicle of pesticides (hexachlorocyclohexanes). © 2009, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
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