Mendez-Fernandez, PaulaWebster, LyndaChouvelon, TiphaineBustamante, PacoFerreira, MarisaGonzalez, Angel F.Lopez, AlfredoMoffat, Colin F.Pierce, Graham J.Read, Fiona L.Russell, MarieSantos, Maria B.Spitz, JeromeVingada, Jose V.Caurant, Florence2016-04-072016-04-072014-06-15Mendez-Fernandez, P, Webster, L, Chouvelon, T, Bustamante, P, Ferreira, M, Gonzalez, A F, Lopez, A, Moffat, C F, Pierce, G J, Read, F L, Russell, M, Santos, M B, Spitz, J, Vingada, J V & Caurant, F 2014, 'An assessment of contaminant concentrations in toothed whale species of the NW Iberian Peninsula : Part I. Persistent organic pollutants', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 484, pp. 196-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.0450048-9697http://hdl.handle.net/2164/5829Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of volunteers from the Galician (CEMMA) and Portuguese (SPVS) stranding networks. They also thank E. Dalgarno, L. Phillips, I. Hussy and J. A. Scurfield for their help with the organochlorine analysis. We would like to thank R. Gallois and C. Trichet, for their participation in the determination of total lipid content. This work was supported through the PhD grant of PMF from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology of the Government of Portugal (SFRH/BD/36766/2007). GJP acknowledges support from the EU under the ANIMATE project (MEXC-CT-2006-042337). MBS was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Programa Nacional de Movilidad de Recursos Humanos de Investigación (PR-2010-0518) and the LOTOFPEL project (Plan Nacional de I + D + I, CTM 2010–16053). Two anonymous reviewers and the associate editor F. Riget are thanked for helpful suggestions and comments on an earlier form of this manuscript.101406248engSDG 14 - Life Below WaterPCBsPBDEsBioaccumulationPatternsToothed whalesNorthwest Iberian PeninsulaBottle-nosed dolphinsPolybrominated diphenyl ethersPorpoises phocoena-phocoenaPolychlorinated-Biphenyls PCBSFemale Coomon DolphinsWestern-European SeasHarbor porpoisesOrganochlorine residuesTursiops-TruncatusMarine mammalsQH301 BiologyQH301Journal article10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.045484