Javier García-Alonso

Maternal–Pup Mercury Relationship in South American Sea Lions and Fur Seals

Mercury (Hg) is a non-essential, globally distributed toxic metal that bioaccumulates in aquatic organisms and biomagnifies across trophic levels, posing a threat to top predators such as marine mammals. Our aim was to evaluate total mercury (THg) relationships in mother–pup pairs of two pinniped species, South America...

Expansion of a single Neomysis americana (Crustacea, Peracarida, Mysidae) lineage: a warm-affinity clade driving global colonization