Sagerup, Kjetil; Helgason, Lisa Bjørnsdatter; Polder, Anuschka; Strøm, Hallvard; Josefsen, Terje D; Skaare, Janneche Utne; Gabrielsen, Geir W (2009): (Table 1) Concentrations of persistant organic pollutants in brain and liver of glaucous gulls, Bjørnøya, Svalbard archipelago [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786530, Supplement to: Sagerup, K et al. (2009): Persistent organic pollutants and mercury in dead and dying glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) at Bjornoya (Svalbard). Science of the Total Environment, 407(23), 6009-6016, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.08.020
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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.
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Latitude: 74.360000 * Longitude: 19.030000
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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
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| 1 Samp type | 2 Method comm | 3 Lipids [%] | 4 Lipids tot std dev [±] | 5 HCB [µg/g] | 6 Std dev [±] (HCB) | 7 a-HCH [µg/g] | 8 HCH std dev [±] (alpha HCH) | 9 b-HCH [µg/g] | 10 HCH std dev [±] (beta HCH) | 11 g-HCH [µg/g] | 12 oxy-CHL [µg/g] | 13 CHL std dev [±] (Oxy-CHL) | 14 cis-CHL [µg/g] | 15 CHL std dev [±] (Cis-CHL) | 16 t-Nonachlor [µg/g] | 17 Std dev [±] (trans-Nonachlor) | 18 pp-DDE [µg/kg] | 19 DDE std dev [±] | 20 Mirex [ng/g] | 21 Mirex std dev [±] | 22 PCB_28 [µg/g] | 23 PCB std dev [±] (PCB28) | 24 PCB_52 [µg/g] | 25 PCB std dev [±] (PCB52) | 26 PCB_66 [µg/g] | 27 PCB std dev [±] (PCB66) | 28 PCB_74 [µg/g] | 29 PCB std dev [±] (PCB74) | 30 PCB_99 [µg/g] | 31 PCB std dev [±] (PCB99) | 32 PCB_101 [µg/g] | 33 PCB std dev [±] (PCB101) | 34 PCB_105 [µg/g] | 35 PCB std dev [±] (PCB105) | 36 PCB_110 [µg/g] | 37 PCB std dev [±] (PCB110) | 38 PCB_114 [µg/g] | 39 PCB std dev [±] (PCB114) | 40 PCB_118 [µg/g] | 41 PCB std dev [±] (PCB118) | 42 PCB_128 [µg/g] | 43 PCB std dev [±] (PCB128) | 44 PCB_138 [µg/g] | 45 PCB std dev [±] (PCB138) | 46 PCB_141 [µg/g] | 47 PCB std dev [±] (PCB141) | 48 PCB_149 [µg/g] | 49 PCB std dev [±] (PCB149) | 50 PCB_153 [µg/g] | 51 PCB std dev [±] (PCB153) | 52 PCB_156 [µg/g] | 53 PCB std dev [±] (PCB156) | 54 PCB_157 [µg/g] | 55 PCB std dev [±] (PCB157) | 56 PCB_170 [µg/g] | 57 PCB std dev [±] (PCB170) | 58 PCB_180 [µg/g] | 59 PCB std dev [±] (PCB180) | 60 PCB_183 [µg/g] | 61 PCB std dev [±] (PCB183) | 62 PCB_187 [µg/g] | 63 PCB std dev [±] (PCB187) | 64 PCB_194 [µg/g] | 65 PCB std dev [±] (PCB194) | 66 PCB_206 [µg/g] | 67 PCB std dev [±] (PCB206) | 68 PCB_209 [µg/g] | 69 PCB std dev [±] (PCB209) | 70 PCB [µg/g] (sum of 24 congeners) | 71 PCB std dev [±] | 72 BDE-28 [µg/g] | 73 PBDE std dev [±] (BDE28) | 74 BDE-47 [µg/g] | 75 PBDE std dev [±] (BDE47) | 76 BDE-99 [µg/g] | 77 PBDE std dev [±] (BDE99) | 78 BDE-100 [µg/g] | 79 PBDE std dev [±] (BDE100) | 80 BDE-153 [µg/g] | 81 PBDE std dev [±] (BDE153) | 82 BDE-154 [µg/g] | 83 PBDE std dev [±] (BDE154) | 84 BDE-183 [µg/g] | 85 PBDE std dev [±] (BDE183) | 86 BDE-206 [µg/g] | 87 BDE-207 [µg/g] | 88 PBDE std dev [±] (BDE207) | 89 BDE-208 [µg/g] | 90 PBDE std dev [±] (BDE208) | 91 BDE-209 [µg/g] | 92 PBDE std dev [±] (BDE209) | 93 PBDE [ng/g] (sum of 11 congeners) | 94 PBDE std dev [±] | 95 a-HBCD [ng/g] | 96 HBCD std dev [±] |
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| Liver | Median | 4.3 | 1.9 | 13.2 | 43.1 | 0.070 | 0.040 | 0.60 | 0.9 | 20.0 | 28.0 | 0.40 | 0.3 | 0.40 | 0.4 | 165800 | 198100 | 10200 | 11300 | 1.20 | 1.2 | 0.70 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 32.3 | 30.2 | 3.50 | 3.2 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 1.30 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 48.4 | 54.4 | 9.0 | 6.4 | 119.7 | 569.6 | 0.30 | 0.70 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 262.3 | 252.0 | 13.3 | 18.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 36.5 | 40.9 | 130.8 | 152.7 | 21.7 | 20.6 | 14.7 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 26.3 | 3.20 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 769.8 | 1043.7 | 0.1000 | 0.20 | 7.4 | 15.5 | 1.60 | 4.3 | 1.70 | 3.6 | 2.10 | 6.1 | 0.1000 | 0.400 | 0.020 | 0.060 | 0.010 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.56 | 13100 | 29000 | 1100 | 4300 | ||||
| Liver | Min | 2.9 | 2.6 | 0.10 | 2.5 | 0.10 | 17200 | 1100 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 0.40 | 1.9 | 0.20 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 15.1 | 0.10 | 0.8 | 26.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 10.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.30 | 0.2 | 84.1 | 0.0100 | 1.2 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 1800 | 200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liver | Max | 10.4 | 206.4 | 0.100 | 3.30 | 103.9 | 1.10 | 1.50 | 732300 | 35100 | 3.80 | 1.50 | 16.4 | 16.7 | 90.4 | 9.20 | 43.3 | 5.10 | 7.3 | 176.3 | 21.0 | 2696.6 | 2.00 | 15.4 | 770.1 | 58.1 | 13.7 | 123.5 | 453.0 | 58.2 | 53.7 | 72.5 | 11.10 | 5.3 | 4274.0 | 0.6000 | 56.8 | 16.30 | 12.50 | 21.30 | 1.2000 | 0.007 | 0.200 | 0.100 | 2.60 | 102800 | 15000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brain | Median | 7.1 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 7.7 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.10 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 13.5 | 0.30 | 0.3 | 0.20 | 0.3 | 39200 | 66400 | 1800 | 2700 | 0.40 | 0.6 | 0.10 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 8.1 | 11.9 | 0.30 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 28.0 | 0.20 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 12.8 | 20.7 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 30.1 | 38.7 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 55.6 | 82.1 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 6.7 | 9.7 | 22.4 | 33.9 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.20 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 164.5 | 240.4 | 0.0100 | 0.02 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.10 | 0.4 | 0.20 | 0.3 | 0.20 | 0.5 | 0.000 | 0.1 | 0.0040 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 1800 | 2900 | 30 | 140 | ||||||
| Brain | Min | 6.2 | 0.8 | 0.01 | 0.7 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 4400 | 200 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.05 | 0.4 | 0.02 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.04 | 0.1 | 16.7 | 0.0004 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.006 | 0.0008 | 200 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brain | Max | 8.3 | 27.0 | 0.020 | 0.90 | 0.02 | 42.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 232000 | 8200 | 2.00 | 0.40 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 39.1 | 1.40 | 131.1 | 0.90 | 3.2 | 73.2 | 11.1 | 114.5 | 0.10 | 6.7 | 253.7 | 15.7 | 4.3 | 27.7 | 91.5 | 16.0 | 17.7 | 8.4 | 1.00 | 0.5 | 711.5 | 0.1000 | 5.9 | 1.70 | 1.20 | 1.70 | 0.300 | 0.0300 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.01 | 10900 | 500 |