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peer reviewed | Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes (delta(13)C and delta(15)N) and trace metals (Cd, Zn, Cu, Fe, Se, and Hg) were analysed in the tissues of 46 harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena relicta) caught in fishing nets along the Ukrainian coasts between 1997 and 1998. Mean delta(13)C values differed significantly between male and female harbour porpoises suggesting a trophic segregation between sexes with a more coastal distribution for females at least during their gestation and nursing periods. Hepatic Hg was correlated to delta(13)C measurements, reflecting a different exposure linked to coastal vs offshore feeding habitats. A geographical comparison with existing data from other regions showed general low levels of Hg, Cd, Cu and Zn in the tissues of harbour porpoises from the Black Sea compared to other Atlantic and North Sea areas. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

[Departement_IRSTEA]GT [TR1_IRSTEA]RURAMEN / CERES [TR2_IRSTEA]RURAMEN / AMANDE [Coll_IRSTEA]Life project Petrignano - LIFE 00 ENV/IT/0019/Petrignano | Extrait de document | This paper deals with the work perfored with the project: Systems approach to environmentally acceptable farming AgriBMPWater. The main objective of the project has been to provide planners in charge of the implementation of BMPs to mitigate non point source pollution in water with: 1) A guideline allowing the definition of critical areas on which efforts should be placed in priority. 2) A selection grid permitting the assessment of BMPs in a three-dimensional space defined by environmental effectiveness, associated economics costs and social acceptability by farmers and land managers.

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41 ref. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2003.12.023 | International audience | Metal distribution patterns in superficial soil horizons of agricultural land affected by metallurgical point-source pollution were studied using optical and electron microscopy, synchrotron radiation and spectroscopy analyses. The site is located in northern France, at the center of a former entry lane to a bunker of World War II, temporarily paved with coarse industrial waste fragments and removed at the end of the war. Thin sections made from undisturbed soil samples from A and B horizons were studied. Optical microscopy revealed the occurrence of yellow micrometer-sized (Ap horizon) and red decamicrometer-sized spherulites (AB, B1g horizons) as well as distinct distribution patterns. The chemical composition of the spherulites was dominated by Fe, Mn, Zn, Pb, Ca, and P. Comparison of calculated Zn stocks, both in the groundmass and in spherulites, showed a quasi-exclusive Zn accumulation in these neoformed features. Their formation was related to several factors: (i) liberation of metal elements due to weathering of waste products, (ii) Ca and P supply from fertilizing practices, (iii) co-precipitation of metal elements and Ca and P in a porous soil environment, after slow exudation of a supersaturated soil solution in more confined mineral media.

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