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Legacy and emerging contaminants in common guillemot Uria aalge eggs in Ireland and Wales

Power, Andrew; White, Philip; McHugh, Brendan; McGovern, Evin; Murphy, Sinéad; Berrow, Simon; Schlingermann, Moira; Gately, Cillian; Tannian, Marissa; Newton, Stephen; Crowley, Denis; O'Hea, Linda; Boyle, Brian; O'Connor, Ian (Elsevier Ltd, 2021-06-12)

Guillemot eggs from multiple Irish colonies and one Welsh colony were analysed for legacy pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and other organochlorine compounds (OCs), ...

Conservation management of common dolphins: Lessons learned from the North‐East Atlantic

Murphy, Sinéad; Evans, Peter G.H.; Pinn, Eunice; Pierce, Graham J. (Wiley, 2019-11-19)

(1) The short-beaked common dolphin is one of the most numerous cetacean species in the North-East Atlantic and plays a key functional role within the ecosystem as a top predator. However, in 2013, its conservation status ...

Persistent pollutants in fresh and abandoned eggs of Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) and Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) in Ireland

Power, Andrew; White, Philip; McHugh, Brendan; Berrow, Simon; Schlingermann, Moira; McKeown, Aaron; Cabot, David; Tannian, Marissa; Newton, Stephen; McGovern, Evin; Murphy, Sinéad; Crowley, Denis; O'Hea, Linda; Boyle, Brian; O'Connor, Ian (Elsevier Ltd, 2-05-03)

Higher levels of persistent pollutants (Σ16PCB, Σ6PBDE, ΣHCH, ΣDDT, ΣCHL) were detected in fresh eggs of Common Terns Sterna hirundo from Rockabill Island near Dublin (Ireland's industrialised capital city) compared to ...

Modelling the transfer and accumulation of microplastics in a riverine freshwater food web

O'Connor, James D.; Lally, Heather T.; Koelmans, Albert A.; Mahon, Anne Marie; O'Connor, Ian; Nash, Róisín; O'Sullivan, John J.; Bruen, Michael; Heerey, Linda; Murphy, Sinéad (Elsevier Ltd, 2022-02-26)

Microplastics are a pervasive pollutant of aquatic ecosystems and are reported to interact with a wide range of aquatic biota. The complexities of natural food webs means that the transfer and accumulation of microplastics ...

Microplastics in brown trout (Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758) from an Irish riverine system

O'Connor, James D.; Murphy, Sinéad; Lally, Heather T.; O'Connor, Ian; Nash, Róisín; O'Sullivan, John; Bruen, Michael; Heerey, Linda; Koelmans, Albert A.; Cullagh, Alan; Cullagh, Declan; Mahon, Anne Marie (Elsevier B.V., 2020-09-01)

Rivers play an important role in the overall transport of microplastic pollution (1 μm to 5 mm), with fluvial dynamics expected to influence biotic interactions, particularly for fish. So far, there have been few assessments ...

The conservation of the endangered Mediterranean common dolphin (Delphinus delphis): Current knowledge and research priorities

Vella, Adriana; Murphy, Sinéad; Giménez, Joan; de Stephanis, Renaud; Mussi, Barbara; Vella, Joseph G.; Doukara, Kamel Larbi; Pace, Daniela Silvia (Wiley, 2021-03-01)

(1) Preservation of endangered species is now recognized as a relevant component of regional and global conservation actions achieved through the maintenance of the remaining populations in a favourable conservation status. ...

PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters

Jepson, Paul D.; Deaville, Rob; Barber, Jonathan L.; Aguilar, Àlex; Borrell, Asunción; Murphy, Sinéad; Barry, John; Brownlow, Andrew; Barnett, James; Berrow, Simon; Cunningham, Andrew A.; Davison, Nicholas J.; Doeschate, Mariel ten; Esteban, Ruth; Ferreira, Marisa; Foote, Andrew D.; Genov, Tilen; Giménez, Joan; Loveridge, Jan; Llavona, Ángela; Martin, Vidal; Maxwell, David L.; Papachlimitzou, Alexandra; Penrose, Rod; Perkins, Matthew W.; Smith, Brian; Stephanis, Renaud de; Tregenza, Nick; Verborgh, Philippe; Fernandez, Antonio; Law, Robin J. (Macmillan Publishers, 2016-01)

Organochlorine (OC) pesticides and the more persistent polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have well-established dose-dependent toxicities to birds, fish and mammals in experimental studies, but the actual impact of OC ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in seabird eggs in Ireland

Power, Andrew; White, Philip; McHugh, Brendan; Berrow, Simon; McKeown, Aaron; Crowley, Denis; Newton, Stephen; McGovern, Evin; Murphy, Sinéad; O'Connor, Ian (Elsevier Ltd, 2021-06-19)

Seabird eggs are considered a favourable matrix for monitoring marine pollutants and are widely used as higher trophic level indicators. Concentrations of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (Σ15PAH) were determined in the ...

Polluted porpoises: Generational transfer of organic contaminants in harbour porpoises from the southern North Sea

van den Heuvel-Greve, Martine J.; van den Brink, Anneke M.; Kotterman, Michiel J.J.; Kwadijk, Christiaan J.A.F.; Geelhoed, Steve C.V.; Murphy, Sinéad; van der Broek, Jan; Heesterbeek, Hans; Gröne, Andrea; IJsseldijk, Lonneke L. (Elsevier Ltd, 2021-07-09)

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB), bioaccumulate in marine ecosystems. Top predators contain high levels of ...

Age, growth, and sexual dimorphism of the Southern Hemisphere long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas edwardii)

Betty, Emma L.; Stockin, Karen A.; Hinton, Bethany; Bollard, Barbara A.; Smith, Adam N.H.; Orams, Mark B.; Murphy, Sinéad (Oxford University Press, 2022-02-03)

Knowledge of population biological parameters can contribute to assessing the resilience of a population in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures. Southern Hemisphere long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas ...