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Front Cover -- Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology -- Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- SECTION I: LEGACY AND EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN MARINE MAMMAL POPULATIONS -- SECTION II: EFFECTS OF TOXICOLOGIC AND CUMULATIVE STRESS ON MARINE MAMMAL HEALTH -- SECTION III: IMPLICATION FOR MONITORING AND CONSERVATION OF MARINE MAMMALS -- List of Abbreviations -- I - Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in Marine Mammal Populations -- 1 - Organochlorine Contaminants and Reproductive Implication in Cetaceans: A Case Study of the Common Dolphin -- INTRODUCTION -- CASES OF REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE AND DYSFUNCTION ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO OCS IN CETACEANS -- CASE STUDY OF SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN IN THE NORTHEAST ATLANTIC -- Study Design -- Incidences of Reproductive Abnormalities and Disorders in Common Dolphins -- Effects of Contaminants on Reproduction in Common Dolphins -- PCB and Reproductive Implications for Common Dolphins -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 2 - Feeding Ecology Tools to Assess Contaminant Exposure in Coastal Mammals -- CONTAMINANTS AND COASTAL MAMMALS -- A NONLINEAR VIEW OF THE FATE AND TRANSPORT OF CONTAMINANTS TO COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS -- USE OF STABLE ISOTOPES AS A CHEMICAL FEEDING ECOLOGY TOOL IN CONTAMINANT STUDIES -- Statistical Approaches -- Trophic Level Interactions -- Nontrophic Level Interactions -- Geographic Variation -- Limitations and Considerations -- ADDITIONAL FEEDING ECOLOGY TOOLS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 3 - The Effects of Oil Exposure on Cetaceans -- INTRODUCTION -- Properties of Oil -- Exposure of Cetaceans to Oil -- EFFECTS OF OIL ON CETACEANS -- Range of Organismal Effects Following Oil Exposure -- Organismal Effects Related to Specific Routes of Exposure -- Inhalation and Aspiration -- Dermal Exposure -- Oral Exposure