(Table 1) Lipid and organochlorine content in blood of common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in Svalbard

• Main Authors: Bustnes, Jan Ove, Moe, Børge, Herzke, Dorte, Hanssen, Sveinn Are, Nordstad, Tore, Sagerup, Kjetil, Gabrielsen, Geir W, Borgå, Katrine
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: BIO; Biology; Hexachlorobenzene; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Kongsfjorden; Spitsbergen; Arctic; Lipids; para,para-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; Polychlorinated biphenyl 153; Sample type; Sampling date; Somateria mollissima; mass; Standard deviation; Storholmen; International Polar Year; Kongsfjord*; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.808093; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808093

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]...