Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish
Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of the exposure to organohalogen compounds (OHCs) in Arctic biota, there has been a considerable number of new Arctic effect studies. Here, we provide an update on the state of the knowledge of OHC,...
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Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of the exposure to organohalogen compounds (OHCs) in Arctic biota, there has been a considerable number of new Arctic effect studies. Here, we provide an update on the state of the knowledge of OHC, and also include mercury, exposure and/or associated effects in key Arctic marine and terrestrial mammal and bird species as well as in fish by reviewing the literature published since the last AMAP assessment in 2010. We aimed at updating the knowledge of how single but also combined health effects are or can be associated to the exposure to single compounds or mixtures of OHCs. We also focussed on assessing both potential individual as well as population health impacts using population-specific exposure data post 2000. We have identified quantifiable effects on vitamin metabolism, immune functioning, thyroid and steroid hormone balances, oxidative stress, tissue pathology, and reproduction. As with the previous assessment, a wealth of documentation is available for biological effects in marine mammals and seabirds, and sentinel species such as the sledge dog and Arctic fox, but information for terrestrial vertebrates and fish remain scarce. While hormones and vitamins are thoroughly studied, oxidative stress, immunotoxic and reproductive effects need further investigation. Depending on the species and population, some OHCs and mercury tissue contaminant burdens post 2000 were observed to be high enough to exceed putative risk threshold levels that have been previously estimated for non-target species or populations outside the Arctic. In this assessment, we made use of risk quotient calculations to summarize the cumulative effects of different OHC classes and mercury for which critical body burdens can be estimated for wildlife across the Arctic. As our ultimate goal is to better predict or estimate the effects of OHCs and mercury in Arctic wildlife at the individual, population and ecosystem level, there remain numerous knowledge gaps on the biological effects of exposure in Arctic biota. These knowledge gaps include the establishment of concentration thresholds for individual compounds as well as for realistic cocktail mixtures that in fact indicate biologically relevant, and not statistically determined, health effects for specific species and subpopulations. Finally, we provide future perspectives on understanding Arctic wildlife health using new in vivo, in vitro, and in silico techniques, and provide case studies on multiple stressors to show that future assessments would benefit from significant efforts to integrate human health, wildlife ecology and retrospective and forecasting aspects into assessing the biological effects of OHC and mercury exposure in Arctic wildlife and fish. publishedVersion |
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Dietz, Rune Letcher, Robert J. Desforges, Jean-Pierre Eulaers, Igor Sonne, Christian Wilson, Simon Andersen-Ranberg, Emilie Basu, Niladri Barst, Benjamin D. Bustnes, Jan Ove Bytingsvik, Jenny Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej Drevnick, Paul E. Gabrielsen, Geir W. Haarr, Ane Hylland, Ketil Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Levin, Milton McKinney, Melissa A. Nørregaard, Rasmus Dyrmose Pedersen, Kathrine E. Provencher, Jennifer Styrishave, Bjarne Tartu, Sabrina Aars, Jon Ackerman, Joshua T. Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu Barrett, Rob Bignert, Anders Born, Erik W Branigan, Marsha Braune, Birgit Bryan, Colleen E Dam, Maria Eagles-Smith, Collin A. Evans, Marlene Evans, Thomas J. Fisk, Aaron T. Gamberg, Mary Gustavson, Kim Hartman, C. Alex Helander, Björn Herzog, Mark P. Hoekstra, Paul F. Houde, Magali Hoydal, Katrin Jackson, Allyson K. Kucklick, John Lie, Elisabeth Loseto, Lisa Mallory, Mark L. Miljeteig, Cecilie Mosbech, Anders Muir, Derek C.G. Nielsen, Sanna Túni Peacock, Elizabeth Pedro, Sara Peterson, Sarah H. Polder, Anuschka Rigét, Frank F. Roach, Pat Saunes, Halvor Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander Skåre, Janneche Utne Søndergaard, Jens Stenson, Garry Stern, Gary Treu, Gabriele Schuur, Stacy S. Víkingsson, Gísli Arnór |
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Dietz, Rune Letcher, Robert J. Desforges, Jean-Pierre Eulaers, Igor Sonne, Christian Wilson, Simon Andersen-Ranberg, Emilie Basu, Niladri Barst, Benjamin D. Bustnes, Jan Ove Bytingsvik, Jenny Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej Drevnick, Paul E. Gabrielsen, Geir W. Haarr, Ane Hylland, Ketil Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Levin, Milton McKinney, Melissa A. Nørregaard, Rasmus Dyrmose Pedersen, Kathrine E. Provencher, Jennifer Styrishave, Bjarne Tartu, Sabrina Aars, Jon Ackerman, Joshua T. Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu Barrett, Rob Bignert, Anders Born, Erik W Branigan, Marsha Braune, Birgit Bryan, Colleen E Dam, Maria Eagles-Smith, Collin A. Evans, Marlene Evans, Thomas J. Fisk, Aaron T. Gamberg, Mary Gustavson, Kim Hartman, C. Alex Helander, Björn Herzog, Mark P. Hoekstra, Paul F. Houde, Magali Hoydal, Katrin Jackson, Allyson K. Kucklick, John Lie, Elisabeth Loseto, Lisa Mallory, Mark L. Miljeteig, Cecilie Mosbech, Anders Muir, Derek C.G. Nielsen, Sanna Túni Peacock, Elizabeth Pedro, Sara Peterson, Sarah H. Polder, Anuschka Rigét, Frank F. Roach, Pat Saunes, Halvor Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander Skåre, Janneche Utne Søndergaard, Jens Stenson, Garry Stern, Gary Treu, Gabriele Schuur, Stacy S. Víkingsson, Gísli Arnór Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish |
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Dietz, Rune Letcher, Robert J. Desforges, Jean-Pierre Eulaers, Igor Sonne, Christian Wilson, Simon Andersen-Ranberg, Emilie Basu, Niladri Barst, Benjamin D. Bustnes, Jan Ove Bytingsvik, Jenny Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej Drevnick, Paul E. Gabrielsen, Geir W. Haarr, Ane Hylland, Ketil Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Levin, Milton McKinney, Melissa A. Nørregaard, Rasmus Dyrmose Pedersen, Kathrine E. Provencher, Jennifer Styrishave, Bjarne Tartu, Sabrina Aars, Jon Ackerman, Joshua T. Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu Barrett, Rob Bignert, Anders Born, Erik W Branigan, Marsha Braune, Birgit Bryan, Colleen E Dam, Maria Eagles-Smith, Collin A. Evans, Marlene Evans, Thomas J. Fisk, Aaron T. Gamberg, Mary Gustavson, Kim Hartman, C. Alex Helander, Björn Herzog, Mark P. Hoekstra, Paul F. Houde, Magali Hoydal, Katrin Jackson, Allyson K. Kucklick, John Lie, Elisabeth Loseto, Lisa Mallory, Mark L. Miljeteig, Cecilie Mosbech, Anders Muir, Derek C.G. Nielsen, Sanna Túni Peacock, Elizabeth Pedro, Sara Peterson, Sarah H. Polder, Anuschka Rigét, Frank F. Roach, Pat Saunes, Halvor Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander Skåre, Janneche Utne Søndergaard, Jens Stenson, Garry Stern, Gary Treu, Gabriele Schuur, Stacy S. Víkingsson, Gísli Arnór |
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Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish |
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Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish |
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Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish |
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Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish |
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Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish |
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current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish |
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ftunivmob:oai:nmbu.brage.unit.no:11250/2629696 2023-05-15T13:21:33+02:00 Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish Dietz, Rune Letcher, Robert J. Desforges, Jean-Pierre Eulaers, Igor Sonne, Christian Wilson, Simon Andersen-Ranberg, Emilie Basu, Niladri Barst, Benjamin D. Bustnes, Jan Ove Bytingsvik, Jenny Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej Drevnick, Paul E. Gabrielsen, Geir W. Haarr, Ane Hylland, Ketil Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Levin, Milton McKinney, Melissa A. Nørregaard, Rasmus Dyrmose Pedersen, Kathrine E. Provencher, Jennifer Styrishave, Bjarne Tartu, Sabrina Aars, Jon Ackerman, Joshua T. Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu Barrett, Rob Bignert, Anders Born, Erik W Branigan, Marsha Braune, Birgit Bryan, Colleen E Dam, Maria Eagles-Smith, Collin A. Evans, Marlene Evans, Thomas J. Fisk, Aaron T. Gamberg, Mary Gustavson, Kim Hartman, C. Alex Helander, Björn Herzog, Mark P. Hoekstra, Paul F. Houde, Magali Hoydal, Katrin Jackson, Allyson K. Kucklick, John Lie, Elisabeth Loseto, Lisa Mallory, Mark L. Miljeteig, Cecilie Mosbech, Anders Muir, Derek C.G. Nielsen, Sanna Túni Peacock, Elizabeth Pedro, Sara Peterson, Sarah H. Polder, Anuschka Rigét, Frank F. Roach, Pat Saunes, Halvor Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander Skåre, Janneche Utne Søndergaard, Jens Stenson, Garry Stern, Gary Treu, Gabriele Schuur, Stacy S. Víkingsson, Gísli Arnór 2019-10-10T14:53:03Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2629696 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133792 eng eng Science of the Total Environment. 2019, 696:133792 1-40. urn:issn:0048-9697 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2629696 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133792 cristin:1736079 1-40 696:133792 Science of the Total Environment Peer reviewed Journal article 2019 ftunivmob https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133792 2021-09-23T20:16:25Z Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of the exposure to organohalogen compounds (OHCs) in Arctic biota, there has been a considerable number of new Arctic effect studies. Here, we provide an update on the state of the knowledge of OHC, and also include mercury, exposure and/or associated effects in key Arctic marine and terrestrial mammal and bird species as well as in fish by reviewing the literature published since the last AMAP assessment in 2010. We aimed at updating the knowledge of how single but also combined health effects are or can be associated to the exposure to single compounds or mixtures of OHCs. We also focussed on assessing both potential individual as well as population health impacts using population-specific exposure data post 2000. We have identified quantifiable effects on vitamin metabolism, immune functioning, thyroid and steroid hormone balances, oxidative stress, tissue pathology, and reproduction. As with the previous assessment, a wealth of documentation is available for biological effects in marine mammals and seabirds, and sentinel species such as the sledge dog and Arctic fox, but information for terrestrial vertebrates and fish remain scarce. While hormones and vitamins are thoroughly studied, oxidative stress, immunotoxic and reproductive effects need further investigation. Depending on the species and population, some OHCs and mercury tissue contaminant burdens post 2000 were observed to be high enough to exceed putative risk threshold levels that have been previously estimated for non-target species or populations outside the Arctic. In this assessment, we made use of risk quotient calculations to summarize the cumulative effects of different OHC classes and mercury for which critical body burdens can be estimated for wildlife across the Arctic. As our ultimate goal is to better predict or estimate the effects of OHCs and mercury in Arctic wildlife at the individual, population and ecosystem level, there remain numerous knowledge gaps on the biological effects of exposure in Arctic biota. These knowledge gaps include the establishment of concentration thresholds for individual compounds as well as for realistic cocktail mixtures that in fact indicate biologically relevant, and not statistically determined, health effects for specific species and subpopulations. Finally, we provide future perspectives on understanding Arctic wildlife health using new in vivo, in vitro, and in silico techniques, and provide case studies on multiple stressors to show that future assessments would benefit from significant efforts to integrate human health, wildlife ecology and retrospective and forecasting aspects into assessing the biological effects of OHC and mercury exposure in Arctic wildlife and fish. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper AMAP Arctic Fox Arctic Human health Open archive Norwegian University of Life Sciences: Brage NMBU Arctic Science of The Total Environment 696 133792 |