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Bustnes, Jan Ove; Moe, Børge; Herzke, Dorte; Hanssen, Sveinn Are; Nordstad, Tore; Sagerup, Kjetil; Gabrielsen, Geir W; Borgå, Katrine (2010): (Table 1) Lipid and organochlorine content in blood of common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in Svalbard [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808093, Supplement to: Bustnes, JO et al. (2010): Strongly increasing blood concentrations of lipid-soluble organochlorines in high arctic common eiders during incubation fast. Chemosphere, 79(3), 320-325, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.01.026

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Abstract:
Female common eiders (Somateria mollissima) starve during the nesting stage and may lose 30-45% of their initial body mass, mostly through lipid mobilization. In this study, the effects of fasting on the blood concentrations of three lipid-soluble organochlorines (OCs: polychlorinated biphenyl [PCB]-153; 1-dichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethylene [p,p'-DDE]; and hexachlorobenzene [HCB]) were examined in eiders breeding in the high Arctic. Blood samples were taken from females (n = 47) at day 5 and day 20 of the incubation period. The mean wet weight concentrations of PCB-153 and p,p'-DDE increased strongly between day 5 and day 20 (3.6 and 8.2-fold, respectively), while HCB increased less (1.7-fold). There was a strong negative association between daily increase in PCB-153 and clutch size, and a weaker relationship for p,p'-DDE, suggesting that maternal transfer to the eggs is a significant pathway of elimination of OCs in eiders. Moreover, poor body condition (body mass controlled for body size) late in the incubation period was associated with strong daily increase of both p,p'-DDE and PCB-153, which may suggest that the release of these compounds increases when lipid reserves become depleted. For HCB, the increase was mainly associated with increase in blood lipid concentrations, and weakly to the amount of burned lipids. The causes for the differences between the compounds are, however, poorly understood. Although the absolute levels of OCs in eiders were relatively low, their rapid build-up during incubation is worrying as it coincides with poor body condition and weakened immune systems.
Project(s):
International Polar Year (2007-2008) (IPY)
Coverage:
Latitude: 78.932000 * Longitude: 12.220000
Date/Time Start: 2007-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2007-01-01T00:00:00
Event(s):
Storholmen * Latitude: 78.932000 * Longitude: 12.220000 * Date/Time: 2007-01-01T00:00:00 * Location: Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Arctic * Method/Device: Biology (BIO)
Comment:
Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1 Sampling dateSampling dateBustnes, Jan Ove
2 Sample typeSamp typeBustnes, Jan Ove
3 Somateria mollissima, massS. mollissima mgBustnes, Jan Ovemean, n = 47
4 Standard deviationStd dev±Bustnes, Jan OveS. mollissima mass
5 Somateria mollissima, massS. mollissima mgBustnes, Jan Ovemin
6 Somateria mollissima, massS. mollissima mgBustnes, Jan Ovemax
7 LipidsLipids%Bustnes, Jan Ovemean, n = 47
8 Standard deviationStd dev±Bustnes, Jan Oveblood lipids
9 LipidsLipids%Bustnes, Jan Ovemin
10 LipidsLipids%Bustnes, Jan Ovemax
11 HexachlorobenzeneHCBµg/gBustnes, Jan Ovemean, n = 47; µg/g wet weight
12 Standard deviationStd dev±Bustnes, Jan Oveblood HCB
13 HexachlorobenzeneHCBµg/gBustnes, Jan Ovemin; µg/g wet weight
14 HexachlorobenzeneHCBµg/gBustnes, Jan Ovemax; µg/g wet weight
15 para,para-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylenepp-DDEµg/gBustnes, Jan Ovemean, n = 43; µg/g wet weight
16 Standard deviationStd dev±Bustnes, Jan Oveblood pp-DDE
17 para,para-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylenepp-DDEµg/gBustnes, Jan Ovemin; µg/g wet weight
18 para,para-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylenepp-DDEµg/gBustnes, Jan Ovemax; µg/g wet weight
19 Polychlorinated biphenyl 153PCB_153µg/gBustnes, Jan Ovemean, n = 45; µg/g wet weight
20 Standard deviationStd dev±Bustnes, Jan Oveblood PCB-153
21 Polychlorinated biphenyl 153PCB_153µg/gBustnes, Jan Ovemin; µg/g wet weight
22 Polychlorinated biphenyl 153PCB_153µg/gBustnes, Jan Ovemax; µg/g wet weight
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
44 data points

Data

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1 
Sampling date		2 
Samp type		3 
S. mollissima m [g]
(mean, n = 47)		4 
Std dev [±]
(S. mollissima mass)		5 
S. mollissima m [g]
(min)		6 
S. mollissima m [g]
(max)		7 
Lipids [%]
(mean, n = 47)		8 
Std dev [±]
(blood lipids)		9 
Lipids [%]
(min)		10 
Lipids [%]
(max)		11 
HCB [µg/g]
(mean, n = 47; µg/g wet weight)		12 
Std dev [±]
(blood HCB)		13 
HCB [µg/g]
(min; µg/g wet weight)		14 
HCB [µg/g]
(max; µg/g wet weight)		15 
pp-DDE [µg/g]
(mean, n = 43; µg/g wet weight)		16 
Std dev [±]
(blood pp-DDE)		17 
pp-DDE [µg/g]
(min; µg/g wet weight)		18 
pp-DDE [µg/g]
(max; µg/g wet weight)		19 
PCB_153 [µg/g]
(mean, n = 45; µg/g wet weight)		20 
Std dev [±]
(blood PCB-153)		21 
PCB_153 [µg/g]
(min; µg/g wet weight)		22 
PCB_153 [µg/g]
(max; µg/g wet weight)
at day 5 of incubationblood179620156321990.2190.0120.0610.5310.00032280.00003180.0001240.0013040.00018350.00003240.0000150.0007460.00018730.00002380.0000400.000624
at day 20 of incubationblood144817127418290.2960.0130.1510.4880.00055420.00003540.0000980.0013590.00150870.00013490.0004920.0040190.00066890.00005610.0001070.002073