PMID- 14654280
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040427
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0048-9697 (Print)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 318
IP  - 1-3
DP  - 2004 Jan 5
TI  - A comparison of organic contaminants in two high Arctic lake ecosystems, Bjornoya 
      (Bear Island), Norway.
PG  - 125-41
AB  - Lake Ellasjoen and Lake Oyangen are two high Arctic lake ecosystem located on the 
      island Bjornoya (74 degrees 30' N, 19 degrees 00' E) in the Barents Sea. High 
      levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), especially PCB and p,p'-DDE, were 
      found in sediment and biota from Lake Ellasjoen while levels were several times 
      lower in Lake Oyangen. Stable isotope signatures (delta15N) in comparable 
      organisms (e.g. zooplankton, Arctic char) collected from both the lakes were also 
      significantly different. The values of delta15N were 6-10 per thousand higher in 
      the organisms from Ellasjoen than from Oyangen. In both Ellasjoen and Oyangen, a 
      statistically significant correlation (P<0.05) was found between the levels of 
      PCB and DDT, and delta15N values in organisms indicating enhanced bioaccumulation 
      for higher trophical level lake organisms. As the lakes on Bjornoya are remote, 
      more than 500 km from any known point source, the presence of POPs is most likely 
      the result of long-range transport of contaminants to the area. The observed 
      higher contaminant concentrations associated with the Ellasjoen ecosystem is 
      attributed to two factors. Ellasjoen is located in the southern, mountainous part 
      of Bjornoya and it is likely that this area receives more precipitation, and 
      thereby more airborne contaminants, than the flatter areas further north on the 
      island (i.e. the area around Oyangen). In addition, higher delta15N-levels in 
      organisms from Ellasjoen as compared to Oyangen indicate the input of guano from 
      seabirds using the lake as a resting area as an additional source of POPs to 
      Ellasjoen.
FAU - Evenset, Anita
AU  - Evenset A
AD  - Akvaplan-niva, Polar Environmental Centre, Tromso N-9296, Norway. 
      anita.evenset@akvaplan.niva.no
FAU - Christensen, Guttorm N
AU  - Christensen GN
FAU - Skotvold, Trond
AU  - Skotvold T
FAU - Fjeld, Eirik
AU  - Fjeld E
FAU - Schlabach, Martin
AU  - Schlabach M
FAU - Wartena, Elleke
AU  - Wartena E
FAU - Gregor, Dennis
AU  - Gregor D
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Insecticides)
RN  - 4M7FS82U08 (Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Arctic Regions
MH  - Birds
MH  - Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene/*analysis
MH  - *Ecosystem
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - *Food Chain
MH  - Insecticides/*analysis
MH  - Norway
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
MH  - Trout
MH  - *Water Supply
MH  - Zooplankton
EDAT- 2003/12/05 05:00
MHDA- 2004/04/28 05:00
CRDT- 2003/12/05 05:00
PHST- 2003/12/05 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/04/28 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/12/05 05:00 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(03)00365-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00365-6 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2004 Jan 5;318(1-3):125-41. doi: 
      10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00365-6.