(Table 1) Concentrations of persistant organic pollutants in brain and liver of glaucous gulls, Bjørnøya, Svalbard archipelago ...

• Main Authors: Sagerup, Kjetil, Helgason, Lisa Bjørnsdatter, Polder, Anuschka, Strøm, Hallvard, Josefsen, Terje D, Skaare, Janneche Utne, Gabrielsen, Geir W
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: ipy; Sample type; Method comment; Lipids; Lipids, total, standard deviation; Hexachlorobenzene; Standard deviation; alpha-Hexachlorocyclohexane; Hexachlorocyclohexane, standard deviation; beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane; gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane Lindane; Oxychlordane; Chlordane, standard deviation; cis-Chlordane; trans-Nonachlor; para,para-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, standard deviation; Mirex; Mirex, standard deviation; Polychlorinated biphenyl 28; Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation; Polychlorinated biphenyl 52; Polychlorinated biphenyl 66; Polychlorinated biphenyl 74; Polychlorinated biphenyl 99; Polychlorinated biphenyl 101; Polychlorinated biphenyl 105; Polychlorinated biphenyl 110; Polychlorinated biphenyl 114; Polychlorinated biphenyl 118; Polychlorinated biphenyl 128; Polychlorinated biphenyl 138; Polychlorinated biphenyl 141; Polychlorinated biphenyl 149; Polychlorinated biphenyl 153; Polychlorinated biphenyl 156; Polychlorinated biphenyl 157; Polychlorinated biphenyl 170; Polychlorinated biphenyl 180; Polychlorinated biphenyl 183; Polychlorinated biphenyl 187; Polychlorinated biphenyl 194; Polychlorinated biphenyl 206; Polychlorinated biphenyl 209; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-28; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-47; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-99; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-100; Barents Sea; Bjornoya; Bjørnøya; IPY; Larus hyperboreus; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.786530; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.786530

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 ... : 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 ...