POPs in free-ranging pilot whales and sperm whales from the Mediterranean Sea: influence of ecological factors

Mediterranean Sea: influence of ecological factors Marianna Pinzone*, Aurelie Tasciotti, Denis Ody, Gilles Lepoint, George Scholl, Jean-Pierre Thome, 'Helene Budzinski et Nathalie Tapie, Gauthier Eppe and Krishna Das 1 Laboratory of Oceanology, MARE, B6c, University of Liege, B6c Institut de Chimie, Allee du 6 Aout 11, 4000 Liege, Belgium 2 WWF-France, 6 Rue des Fabres, 13001 Marseille 3 CART, Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry LSM, University of Liege, B6C, Allee du 6 Aout, 4000, Liege, Belgium 4 CART, Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Ecotoxicology LEAE, University of Liege, B6c Institut de Chimie, Allee du 6 Aout 11, 4000 Liege, Belgium 5 ISM/LPTC, Laboratory of physical and chemical chemistry, University of Bordeaux I, 351 Cours de la Liberation, 33405, Bordeaux, France * Corresponding author. E-mail: marianna.pinzone@gmail.com