Industrial and natural compounds in filter‐feeding black fly larvae and water in 3 tundra streams

• Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Main Authors: Kupryianchyk, Darya, Giesler, Reiner, Bidleman, Terry F., Liljelind, Per, Lau, Danny Chun Pong, Sponseller, Ryan A., Andersson, Patrik L.
• Other Authors: Swedish Research Council for Environment, EcoChange program
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Northern Sweden; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.4267; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fetc.4267; https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/etc.4267

Abstract We report concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, novel flame retardants, and naturally occurring bromoanisoles in water and filter‐feeding black fly (Simuliidae) larvae in 3 tundra streams in northern Sweden. The results demonstrate that black fly larvae accumulate a wide range of organic contaminants and can be used as bioindicators of water pollution in Arctic streams. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:3011–3017. © 2018 SETAC