Citation:

j.scitotenv.2009.08.020

Name: (Table 1) Concentrations of persistant organic pollutants in brain and liver of glaucous gulls, Bjørnøya, Svalbard archipelago
Published: 2009
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: ipy

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Published: 2009 (exact date unknown) • DOI registered: 2012-08-22

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Abstract:

Dead and dying glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) were collected on Bjornoya in the Barents Sea in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Autopsies of the seabirds only explained a clear cause of death for three (14%) of the 21 birds. A total of 71% of the birds were emaciated. Liver and brain samples were analysed for organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDEs), hexabromo-cyclododecanes (HBCDs) and mercury (Hg). High levels of OCPs, PCBs, PBDEs and alpha-HBCD were found in liver and brain. Compared to the dead and dying glaucous gulls found 1989, the congeners' composition tended to change toward more persistent compounds in the 2003-2005 samples. The brain levels of OCPs and PCBs did not differ between 1989 and 2003-2005, while the liver levels were significantly lower. The brain/liver ratio for PCB and PBDE significantly decreased with halogenations of the molecule, indicating a clear discrimination of highly halogenated PCBs and PBDEs entering the brain. There was further a clear negative correlation between contaminant concentrations and body condition. The brain levels were not as high as earlier published lethal levels of p,p'-DDE or PCB. However, more recent studies reported a range of sub-lethal OCP- and PCB-related effects in randomly sampled glaucous gulls. An additional elevation of pollutants due to emaciation may increase the stress of the already affected birds. The high brain levels of OCP, PCB and PBDE of present study might therefore have contributed to the death of weakened individuals of glaucous gull.

Keyword(s):

ipy

Project(s):

International Polar Year (2007-2008) (IPY)

Coverage:

Latitude: 74.360000 * Longitude: 19.030000

Event(s):

Bjørnøya (Bear Island) * Latitude: 74.360000 * Longitude: 19.030000 * Location: Bjørnøya, Svalbard archipelago, Norway * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)

Comment:

Concentrations are given per gram lipid weight. Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Sample type	Samp type		Sagerup, Kjetil
2	Method comment	Method comm		Sagerup, Kjetil
3	Lipids	Lipids	%	Sagerup, Kjetil
4	Lipids, total, standard deviation	Lipids tot std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil
5	Hexachlorobenzene	HCB	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
6	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	HCB
7	alpha-Hexachlorocyclohexane	a-HCH	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
8	Hexachlorocyclohexane, standard deviation	HCH std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	alpha HCH
9	beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane	b-HCH	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
10	Hexachlorocyclohexane, standard deviation	HCH std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	beta HCH
11	gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane (Lindane)	g-HCH	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
12	Oxychlordane	oxy-CHL	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
13	Chlordane, standard deviation	CHL std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	Oxy-CHL
14	cis-Chlordane	cis-CHL	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
15	Chlordane, standard deviation	CHL std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	Cis-CHL
16	trans-Nonachlor	trans-Nonachlor	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
17	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	trans-Nonachlor
18	para,para-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene	pp-DDE	µg/kg	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
19	Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, standard deviation	DDE std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
20	Mirex	Mirex	ng/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
21	Mirex, standard deviation	Mirex std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
22	Polychlorinated biphenyl 28	PCB_28	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
23	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB28
24	Polychlorinated biphenyl 52	PCB_52	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
25	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB52
26	Polychlorinated biphenyl 66	PCB_66	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
27	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB66
28	Polychlorinated biphenyl 74	PCB_74	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
29	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB74
30	Polychlorinated biphenyl 99	PCB_99	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
31	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB99
32	Polychlorinated biphenyl 101	PCB_101	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
33	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB101
34	Polychlorinated biphenyl 105	PCB_105	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
35	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB105
36	Polychlorinated biphenyl 110	PCB_110	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
37	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB110
38	Polychlorinated biphenyl 114	PCB_114	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
39	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB114
40	Polychlorinated biphenyl 118	PCB_118	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
41	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB118
42	Polychlorinated biphenyl 128	PCB_128	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
43	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB128
44	Polychlorinated biphenyl 138	PCB_138	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
45	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB138
46	Polychlorinated biphenyl 141	PCB_141	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
47	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB141
48	Polychlorinated biphenyl 149	PCB_149	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
49	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB149
50	Polychlorinated biphenyl 153	PCB_153	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
51	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB153
52	Polychlorinated biphenyl 156	PCB_156	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
53	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB156
54	Polychlorinated biphenyl 157	PCB_157	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
55	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB157
56	Polychlorinated biphenyl 170	PCB_170	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
57	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB170
58	Polychlorinated biphenyl 180	PCB_180	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
59	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB180
60	Polychlorinated biphenyl 183	PCB_183	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
61	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB183
62	Polychlorinated biphenyl 187	PCB_187	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
63	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB187
64	Polychlorinated biphenyl 194	PCB_194	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
65	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB194
66	Polychlorinated biphenyl 206	PCB_206	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
67	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB206
68	Polychlorinated biphenyl 209	PCB_209	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
69	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	PCB209
70	Polychlorinated biphenyl	PCB	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	sum of 24 congeners
71	Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation	PCB std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
72	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-28	BDE-28	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
73	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation	PBDE std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	BDE28
74	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-47	BDE-47	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
75	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation	PBDE std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	BDE47
76	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-99	BDE-99	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
77	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation	PBDE std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	BDE99
78	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-100	BDE-100	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
79	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation	PBDE std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	BDE100
80	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-153	BDE-153	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
81	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation	PBDE std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	BDE153
82	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-154	BDE-154	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
83	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation	PBDE std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	BDE154
84	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-183	BDE-183	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
85	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation	PBDE std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	BDE183
86	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-206	BDE-206	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
87	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-207	BDE-207	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
88	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation	PBDE std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	BDE207
89	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-208	BDE-208	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
90	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation	PBDE std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	BDE208
91	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-209	BDE-209	µg/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
92	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation	PBDE std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	BDE209
93	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers	PBDE	ng/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)	sum of 11 congeners
94	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation	PBDE std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
95	alpha-Hexabromocyclododecane	a-HBCD	ng/g	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
96	Hexabromocyclododecane, standard deviation	HBCD std dev	±	Sagerup, Kjetil	Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

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