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  • Title: Anthropogenic impacts on the Orbetello lagoon ecosystem.
    Author: Focardi S, Mariottini M, Renzi M, Perra G, Focardi S.
    Journal: Toxicol Ind Health; 2009; 25(4-5):365-71. PubMed ID: 19651809.
    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).
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