(Table 1) Body condition and plasma POP concentrations of glaucous gulls from Bjørnøya, Svalbard archipelago ...

• Main Authors: Verboven, Nanette, Verreault, Jonathan, Letcher, Robert J, Gabrielsen, Geir W, Evans, Neil P
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: ipy; Sex; Sample amount; Parameter; Standard deviation; Blood cells; Packed cell volume haematocrit; Ratio; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, standard deviation; Chlordane; Chlordane, standard deviation; Chlorinated benzene; Chlorinated benzene, standard deviation; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation; Mirex; Mirex, standard deviation; Hydroxy-polychlorinated biphenyl; Hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers; alpha-Hexabromocyclododecane; Hexabromocyclododecane, standard deviation; Methyl sulfone polychlorinated biphenyl; Octachlorostyrene; Octachlorostyrene, standard deviation; 3-methylsulfonyl p,p-dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, standard deviation; Sampling by hand; Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry GC-MS; International Polar Year 2007-2008 IPY; Bjørnøya; International Polar Year; IPY; Larus hyperboreus; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.786510; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.786510

Behavioural field observations are increasingly being used in ecotoxicological research to identify potential adverse effects of exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs). We investigated thermal conditions inside the nest and parental behaviour of glaucous gulls, Larus hyperboreus, breeding in the Norwegian Arctic in relation to the concentrations of major classes of POPs (organochlorines, brominated flame retardants and metabolically derived products) accumulated in their blood. Most notably, nest temperature was negatively correlated with the concentrations of the sum of DDT, sum of PCB and several quantitatively minor POP classes within the incubating parent. To investigate the relationship between incubation ability and parental POP exposure further, we experimentally increased the costs of incubation by artificially increasing the clutch size from two to four eggs. Clutch enlargement was followed by a decrease in nest temperature, but this drop in temperature was not associated with POP ... : Concentrations are given per g wet weight. Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150 ...