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Contaminants & Pelagic Sharks

Pelagic Shark Contaminants

Goals

Organic contaminants as an ecological tool to examine niche partioning

Areas of  Interest

Organochlorine contaminants, signatures, ecological physiology

Groups Involved

CSULB, NOAA, Stanford University

Summary

Contaminant accumulation can be influenced by a variety of factors ranging from pure ecological to physiological differences and everything between that spectrum. I am interested in exploring factors that influence contaminant accumulation by taking a multi-species approach.  Current projects involve comparisons of contaminants in Shortfin Makos, Common Threshers, Blue Sharks from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. 

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