Biomagnification of PBDEs and PCBs in food webs from the Baltic Sea and the northern Atlantic Ocean

Burreau, Sven; Zebühr, Yngve; Broman, Dag; Ishaq, Rasha

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.02.005

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“…To determine if the biomagnification of PBDEs and PCBs occurs in the food webs of the Gaobeidian Lake, TLs of the selected aquatic organisms were measured based on nitrogen isotope ratios, as described by Fisk et al (39): TLconsumer ) (δ 15 Nconsumer -δ 15 Nzooplankton)/3.8 + 2. The results presented some peculiar TL distributions.…”

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Effect of Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant Effluent on Bioaccumulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in the Recipient Water

Wang

Liu

et al. 2007

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Water, sediment, and aquatic species including plankton, fish, and turtles were collected from a small lake in Beijing, which receives effluent discharged from a large sewage treatment plant (STP). The samples were examined to investigate polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) releases from a STP and their distributions in the lake. The accumulations of ∑ 12 -PBDEs and BDE-209 in the sediment were 62.3 and 1150 ng/ cm 2 , respectively, while that of ∑PCBs was 99.3 ng/cm 2 . BDE-209 was detected in more than 50% of the aquatic species. A strong linear correlation (R 2 ) 0.92) was found between ∑ 12 PBDEs and ∑PCBs levels in aquatic species but not in sediments. The different PBDE congener profiles in sediments and biota samples suggest metabolic debromination in the sampled fish. Bioaccumulations of PBDEs and PCBs were found in aquatic species. The logarithm bioaccumulation factor (BAF) decreases with the number of bromines in PBDEs molecules, while the log BAF versus the number of chlorines in PCBs appears to be parabolic. Biomagnifications of these compounds were not obvious in the food web by analysis of the relationship between ∑ 12 PBDEs or ∑PCBs levels and the trophic level of aquatic biota species.

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“…Chemical analyses followed our previously established method with some modifications (19) 15,19,202,205,208, and 209). The analytical results were obtained based on an isotope dilution method using high-resolution gas chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry .…”

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Effect of Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant Effluent on Bioaccumulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in the Recipient Water

Wang

Liu

et al. 2007

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…they prey on other fish, including dabs) and are thus one level up the food chain.. It has been well documented that biomagnification of lipophilic pollutants in aquatic food chains is positively correlated to both trophic level 13 (Burreau, Zebuhr, Broman, & Ishaq, 2006) and fish size (Olsson, Valters, & Burreau, 2000).…”

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Evidence for estrogenic endocrine disruption in an offshore flatfish, the dab (Limanda limanda L.)

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Sanders

Stentiford

et al. 2007

Marine Environmental Research

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“…Biomagnification is a major pathway for several persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and is a frequent factor in biomonitoring studies (Kelly et al, 2004(Kelly et al, , 2008Johnson-Restrepo et al, 2005;Burreau et al, 2006;Ikonomou and Addison, 2008). Additive to biomagnification, there is also the further potential of direct pollutant transfer from parent to offspring.…”

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Maternal transfer of organohalogenated compounds in sharks and stingrays

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Briels

Adams

et al. 2015

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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a b s t r a c tElasmobranchs can bioaccumulate considerable amounts of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and utilize several reproductive strategies thereby influencing maternal transfer of contaminants. This study provides preliminary data on the POP transfer from pregnant females to offspring of three species (Atlantic stingrays, bonnethead, blacktip sharks) with different reproduction modes (aplacental, placental viviparity). Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) levels were generally higher than any other POPs. Stingrays and blacktip shark embryos contained the lowest POP concentrations while bonnetheads and the blacktip adult female had the highest concentrations. Results suggest that are more readily transferred from the mother to the embryo compared to what is transferred to ova in stingrays. Statistically significant differences in levels of selected POPs were found between embryos from the left and right uterus within the same litter as well as between female and male embryos within the same litter for bonnetheads, but not for the blacktip sharks.

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Biomagnification of PBDEs and PCBs in food webs from the Baltic Sea and the northern Atlantic Ocean

Cited by 189 publications

References 32 publications

Effect of Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant Effluent on Bioaccumulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in the Recipient Water

Effect of Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant Effluent on Bioaccumulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in the Recipient Water

Evidence for estrogenic endocrine disruption in an offshore flatfish, the dab (Limanda limanda L.)

Maternal transfer of organohalogenated compounds in sharks and stingrays

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