Bioenergetics-Based Model for Accumulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls by Nestling Tree Swallows, Tachycineta bicolor

Nichols, John W.; Larsen, Christen P.; McDonald, Michael E.; Niemi, Gerald J.; Ankley, Gerald T.

doi:10.1021/es00003a007

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“…Chemical analyses included pertinent quality assurance practices, including matrix spikes, blanks, and duplicates. (Nichols et al 1995 were utilized for nestlings since USEPA WEFH Equation 3-4 is based on freeliving passerines.…”

Section: Identification and Quantification Of Pcdd/df Congenersmentioning

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“…In particular, concentrations of chlorinated hydrocarbons and the congener profiles of the relative concentrations of congeners have been shown to be site-specific (Custer and Read 2006;Maul et al 2006;Papp et al 2007). Site-specific dietary composition is related to the prevailing invertebrate abundance (Custer et al 2005;Echols et al 2004;Neigh et al 2006a;Nichols et al 1995;Quinney and Ankney 1985;Smits et al 2005;Wayland et al 1998) and the timing of nest initiation (Custer et al 1998;Maul et al 2006;Papp et al 2007), especially for tree swallows that prey primarily on emergent aquatic invertebrates to feed nestlings (Blancher and McNicol 1991;Johnson and Lombardo 2000;McCarty and Winkler 1999). Site-specific residue concentrations in egg and nestling tissues have been studied for a variety of chlorinated hydrocarbons and species (Ankley et al 1993;Bishop et al 1995;Custer et al 1998Custer et al , 2003Custer et al , 2005Froese et al 1998;Henning et al 2003;Neigh et al 2006a, b, c;Spears et al 2008).…”

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“…Site-specific residue concentrations in egg and nestling tissues have been studied for a variety of chlorinated hydrocarbons and species (Ankley et al 1993;Bishop et al 1995;Custer et al 1998Custer et al , 2003Custer et al , 2005Froese et al 1998;Henning et al 2003;Neigh et al 2006a, b, c;Spears et al 2008). Fewer studies have investigated accumulation via the diet or determined uptake rates Nichols et al 1995Nichols et al , 2004.…”

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Dietary exposure of three passerine species to PCDD/DFs from the Chippewa, Tittabawassee, and Saginaw River floodplains, Midland, Michigan, USA

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Giesy

Coefield

et al. 2010

Environ Monit Assess

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Dietary exposure of house wrens (Troglodytes aedon), tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor), and eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) to polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) near Midland, Michigan (USA) was evaluated based on site-specific data, including concentrations of Assess (2011) 172:91-112 dietary concentrations for nestlings at study areas (SAs) were 6-to 20-fold and 2-to 9-fold greater than at proximally located reference areas (RAs), respectively. Average ingestion values of total 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin equivalents (TEQ WHO−Avian ) from site-specific bolus-based and food web-based dietary concentrations for nestlings at SAs were 31-to 121-fold and 9-to 64-fold greater than at proximally located RAs, respectively. Estimates of PCDD/DFs and TEQ WHO−Avian tissue concentrations based on nestling dietary exposures were greater than those measured. Plausible explanations include nestling metabolism of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran and assimilation rates of less than the 70% assumed to occur over the nestling growth period. Profiles of the relative concentrations of individual PCDD/DF congeners in samples of invertebrates and bolus at SAs on the Tittabawassee River downstream of the source of contamination were dominated by 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (22% to 44%) and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran (18% to 50%).

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Dietary exposure of three passerine species to PCDD/DFs from the Chippewa, Tittabawassee, and Saginaw River floodplains, Midland, Michigan, USA

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Giesy

Coefield

et al. 2010

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“…The accumulation rate of total PCBs in the Saginaw Bay area was lower than that in the Green Bay area and ranged from 0.257 to 1.54 g/d [19]. Accumulation rates of PCBs in Hudson River tree swallows, however, varied between Ϫ0.87 g/d and ϩ84.1 g/d with an average of 24.1 g/d (n ϭ 8 clutches) [41].…”

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“…Nichols et al [19] modeled the expected concentrations of PCBs in nestling tree swallows. The bioenergetics model they created was accurate for tree swallows nesting at one of their lesser-contaminated (CHIP) sites but was an overestimate by a factor of two at their most contaminated (COPO) site.…”

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Reproduction and environmental contamination in tree swallows nesting in the Fox River Drainage and Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Custer

Allen

et al. 1998

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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Abstract-Concentration, accumulation, and effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on reproduction in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) were studied at four sites in the Fox River drainage and in Green Bay, Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, USA, in 1994 and 1995. Total PCBs in eggs and newly hatched young (mean ϭ 3.01 g/g wet weight, years and sites combined) and 12-d-old nestlings (mean ϭ 2.34 g/g wet weight) at two contaminated sites (Kidney Island and Arrowhead) were higher than concentrations at two reference sites (Lake Poygan and High Cliff State Park, years and sites combined, pippers mean ϭ 0.26 g/g, nestlings mean ϭ 0.01 g/g). Concentrations of 11 PCB congeners were also higher at contaminated compared to reference sites. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) accumulated in nestlings at a higher rate (1.34-6.69 g/d) at contaminated sites compared to reference locations (0.06-0.42 g/d). Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) was the only other organochlorine found in all samples; concentrations for all samples averaged Յ0.20 g/g wet weight. Total PCBs and p,pЈ-DDE concentrations did not differ among clutches where all eggs hatched, some eggs hatched, and no eggs hatched.

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Concentrations and spatial patterns of organic contaminants in tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) eggs at United States and binational Great Lakes Areas of Concern, 2010–2015

Custer

Dummer

et al. 2016

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Tree swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, were sampled across the Great Lakes basin in 2010 through 2015 to provide a system-wide assessment of current exposure to organic contaminants. The results provide information identified as critical by regulators to assess the "bird or animal deformity or reproductive problems" beneficial use impairment. Eggs were collected from 69 sites across all 5 Great Lakes, including 27 Areas of Concern (AOCs), some with multiple sites, and 10 sites not listed as an AOC. Concentrations of organic contaminants in eggs were quantified and compared with background and reproductive effect thresholds. Approximately 30% of AOCs had geometric mean concentrations of total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at or below average background exposure (0.34 μg/g wet wt). Exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) was minimal, and only 3 of 27 AOCs and 1 non-AOC had geometric mean concentrations that exceeded background for tree swallows (96 ng/g wet wt). Concentrations of both PCBs and PBDEs were 10 to 20 times below the lower limit associated with impaired hatching success. In contrast, geometric mean concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and furan (PCDD-F) toxic equivalents (TEQs) at the Saginaw River and Bay AOC and Midland, Michigan, USA (a non-AOC site), exceeded the lower limit for hatching effects (181 pg/g PCDD-F TEQs). The rest of the sites had geometric mean concentrations of PCDD-F TEQs below background levels (87 pg/g PCDD-F TEQs). Other organic contaminants, including p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, mirex, heptachlor, and chlordane, were at or below background or adverse effect concentrations. Environ Toxicol Chem 2016;35:3071-3092. Published 2016 Wiley Periodicals Inc on behalf of SETAC. This article is a US government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.

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Bioenergetics-Based Model for Accumulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls by Nestling Tree Swallows, Tachycineta bicolor

Cited by 64 publications

References 58 publications

Dietary exposure of three passerine species to PCDD/DFs from the Chippewa, Tittabawassee, and Saginaw River floodplains, Midland, Michigan, USA

Dietary exposure of three passerine species to PCDD/DFs from the Chippewa, Tittabawassee, and Saginaw River floodplains, Midland, Michigan, USA

Reproduction and environmental contamination in tree swallows nesting in the Fox River Drainage and Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Concentrations and spatial patterns of organic contaminants in tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) eggs at United States and binational Great Lakes Areas of Concern, 2010–2015

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