A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals.
peer reviewed There has been a considerable number of reports on Hg concentrations in Arctic mammals since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of the exposure to mercury (Hg) in Arctic biota in 2010 and 2018. Here, we provide an update on th...
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Biological effects Circumpolar Arctic Marine mammals Mercury Terrestrial mammals Wildlife Pollution Waste Management and Disposal Environmental Chemistry Environmental Engineering ecotoxicology wildlife toxicology Life sciences Environmental sciences & ecology Veterinary medicine & animal health Aquatic sciences & oceanology Sciences du vivant Sciences de l’environnement & écologie Médecine vétérinaire & santé animale Sciences aquatiques & océanologie |
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Biological effects Circumpolar Arctic Marine mammals Mercury Terrestrial mammals Wildlife Pollution Waste Management and Disposal Environmental Chemistry Environmental Engineering ecotoxicology wildlife toxicology Life sciences Environmental sciences & ecology Veterinary medicine & animal health Aquatic sciences & oceanology Sciences du vivant Sciences de l’environnement & écologie Médecine vétérinaire & santé animale Sciences aquatiques & océanologie |
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peer reviewed There has been a considerable number of reports on Hg concentrations in Arctic mammals since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of the exposure to mercury (Hg) in Arctic biota in 2010 and 2018. Here, we provide an update on the state of the knowledge of health risk associated with Hg concentrations in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammal species. Using available population-specific data post-2000, our ultimate goal is to provide an updated evidence-based estimate of the risk for adverse health effects from Hg exposure in Arctic mammal species at the individual and population level. Tissue residues of Hg in 13 species across the Arctic were classified into five risk categories (from No risk to Severe risk) based on critical tissue concentrations derived from experimental studies on harp seals and minks. Exposure to Hg lead to low or no risk for health effects in most populations of marine and terrestrial mammals, however, subpopulations of polar bears, pilot whales, narwhals, beluga and hooded seals are highly exposed in geographic hotspots raising concern for Hg-induced toxicological effects. About 6% of a total of 3500 individuals, across different marine mammal species, age groups and regions, are at high or severe risk of health effects from Hg exposure. The corresponding figure for the 12 terrestrial species, regions and age groups was as low as 0.3% of a total of 731 individuals analyzed for their Hg loads. Temporal analyses indicated that the proportion of polar bears at low or moderate risk has increased in East/West Greenland and Western Hudson Bay, respectively. However, there remain numerous knowledge gaps to improve risk assessments of Hg exposure in Arctic mammalian species, including the establishment of improved concentration thresholds and upscaling to the assessment of population-level effects. |
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Dietz, Rune Letcher, Robert J Aars, Jon Andersen, Magnus Boltunov, Andrei Born, Erik W Ciesielski, Tomasz M Das, Krishna Dastnai, Sam Derocher, Andrew E Desforges, Jean-Pierre Eulaers, Igor Ferguson, Steve Hallanger, Ingeborg G Heide-Jørgensen, Mads P Heimbürger-Boavida, Lars-Eric Hoekstra, Paul F Jenssen, Bjørn M Kohler, Stephen Gustav Larsen, Martin M Lindstrøm, Ulf Lippold, Anna Morris, Adam Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob Nielsen, Nynne H Peacock, Elizabeth Pinzone, Marianna Rigét, Frank F Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu Routti, Heli Siebert, Ursula Stenson, Garry Stern, Gary Strand, Jakob Søndergaard, Jens Treu, Gabriele Víkingsson, Gisli A Wang, Feiyue Welker, Jeffrey M Wiig, Øystein Wilson, Simon Sonne, Christian |
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Dietz, Rune Letcher, Robert J Aars, Jon Andersen, Magnus Boltunov, Andrei Born, Erik W Ciesielski, Tomasz M Das, Krishna Dastnai, Sam Derocher, Andrew E Desforges, Jean-Pierre Eulaers, Igor Ferguson, Steve Hallanger, Ingeborg G Heide-Jørgensen, Mads P Heimbürger-Boavida, Lars-Eric Hoekstra, Paul F Jenssen, Bjørn M Kohler, Stephen Gustav Larsen, Martin M Lindstrøm, Ulf Lippold, Anna Morris, Adam Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob Nielsen, Nynne H Peacock, Elizabeth Pinzone, Marianna Rigét, Frank F Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu Routti, Heli Siebert, Ursula Stenson, Garry Stern, Gary Strand, Jakob Søndergaard, Jens Treu, Gabriele Víkingsson, Gisli A Wang, Feiyue Welker, Jeffrey M Wiig, Øystein Wilson, Simon Sonne, Christian |
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A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals. |
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A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals. |
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A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals. |
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A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals. |
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A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals. |
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risk assessment review of mercury exposure in arctic marine and terrestrial mammals. |
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ftorbi:oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/289063 2024-10-13T14:01:13+00:00 A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals. Dietz, Rune Letcher, Robert J Aars, Jon Andersen, Magnus Boltunov, Andrei Born, Erik W Ciesielski, Tomasz M Das, Krishna Dastnai, Sam Derocher, Andrew E Desforges, Jean-Pierre Eulaers, Igor Ferguson, Steve Hallanger, Ingeborg G Heide-Jørgensen, Mads P Heimbürger-Boavida, Lars-Eric Hoekstra, Paul F Jenssen, Bjørn M Kohler, Stephen Gustav Larsen, Martin M Lindstrøm, Ulf Lippold, Anna Morris, Adam Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob Nielsen, Nynne H Peacock, Elizabeth Pinzone, Marianna Rigét, Frank F Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu Routti, Heli Siebert, Ursula Stenson, Garry Stern, Gary Strand, Jakob Søndergaard, Jens Treu, Gabriele Víkingsson, Gisli A Wang, Feiyue Welker, Jeffrey M Wiig, Øystein Wilson, Simon Sonne, Christian 2022-03-15 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/289063 https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/289063/1/2022%20Dietz%20STOTEN.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154445 en eng Elsevier BV https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0048969722015388?httpAccept=text/xml urn:issn:0048-9697 urn:issn:1879-1026 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/289063 info:hdl:2268/289063 https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/289063/1/2022%20Dietz%20STOTEN.pdf doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154445 info:pmid:35304145 open access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Science of the Total Environment, 829, 154445 (2022-03-15) Biological effects Circumpolar Arctic Marine mammals Mercury Terrestrial mammals Wildlife Pollution Waste Management and Disposal Environmental Chemistry Environmental Engineering ecotoxicology wildlife toxicology Life sciences Environmental sciences & ecology Veterinary medicine & animal health Aquatic sciences & oceanology Sciences du vivant Sciences de l’environnement & écologie Médecine vétérinaire & santé animale Sciences aquatiques & océanologie journal article http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 info:eu-repo/semantics/article peer reviewed 2022 ftorbi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154445 2024-09-27T07:02:03Z peer reviewed There has been a considerable number of reports on Hg concentrations in Arctic mammals since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of the exposure to mercury (Hg) in Arctic biota in 2010 and 2018. Here, we provide an update on the state of the knowledge of health risk associated with Hg concentrations in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammal species. Using available population-specific data post-2000, our ultimate goal is to provide an updated evidence-based estimate of the risk for adverse health effects from Hg exposure in Arctic mammal species at the individual and population level. Tissue residues of Hg in 13 species across the Arctic were classified into five risk categories (from No risk to Severe risk) based on critical tissue concentrations derived from experimental studies on harp seals and minks. Exposure to Hg lead to low or no risk for health effects in most populations of marine and terrestrial mammals, however, subpopulations of polar bears, pilot whales, narwhals, beluga and hooded seals are highly exposed in geographic hotspots raising concern for Hg-induced toxicological effects. About 6% of a total of 3500 individuals, across different marine mammal species, age groups and regions, are at high or severe risk of health effects from Hg exposure. The corresponding figure for the 12 terrestrial species, regions and age groups was as low as 0.3% of a total of 731 individuals analyzed for their Hg loads. Temporal analyses indicated that the proportion of polar bears at low or moderate risk has increased in East/West Greenland and Western Hudson Bay, respectively. However, there remain numerous knowledge gaps to improve risk assessments of Hg exposure in Arctic mammalian species, including the establishment of improved concentration thresholds and upscaling to the assessment of population-level effects. Article in Journal/Newspaper AMAP Arctic marine mammals Arctic Beluga Beluga* Greenland Hudson Bay narwhal* University of Liège: ORBi (Open Repository and Bibliography) Arctic Hudson Bay Greenland Hudson Science of The Total Environment 829 154445 |