Persistent organic pollutants and methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers in different tissues of white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) from West Greenland

We investigated polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (e.g. dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and methoxylated PBDEs (MeO-PBDEs), in six matrices (muscle, liver, kidney, adipose, blood, preen oil) of 17 white-tailed eagles from West...

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Published in:Environmental Pollution
Main Authors: Jaspers, V L B, Sonne, C, Soler-Rodriguez, F, Boertmann, David, Dietz, Rune, Eens, M, Rasmussen, L M, Covaci, A
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Animals
Eagles
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Pollutants
Environmental Pollution
Female
Greenland
Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers
Hydrocarbons
Chlorinated
Male
Pesticides
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
MeO-PBDEs
Tissue-specific accumulation
POPs
White tailed sea eagle
Arctic
Haliaeetus albicilla
Online Access:https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/0e4517eb-ddeb-4858-858d-8743f5c51f9a
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2012.12.023
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Summary:We investigated polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (e.g. dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and methoxylated PBDEs (MeO-PBDEs), in six matrices (muscle, liver, kidney, adipose, blood, preen oil) of 17 white-tailed eagles from West Greenland sampled between 1997 and 2009. High inter-individual variation in contamination was found (PCBs: 0.49-1500 μg/g lipid weight (lw), DDTs: 0.23-910 μg/g lw, PBDEs: 0.01-24 μg/g lw, MeO-PBDEs: 0.001-0.59 μg/g lw), mostly due to age-related differences and not to temporal trends. One adult female (age > 5 years) displayed PCB levels up to 1500 μg/g lw in liver, which is the highest concentration ever reported in Arctic wildlife. Muscle generally contained the highest median levels, while adipose tissue displayed the lowest median levels on a lipid basis. No significant differences were found among tissues for MeO-PBDEs. Remarkably, we found distinct correlations (0.62 ≤ r ≤ 0.98;

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