PMID- 14972581
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040608
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 0025-326X (Print)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 48
IP  - 3-4
DP  - 2004 Feb
TI  - Increasing levels and biomagnification of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in 
      Antarctic biota.
PG  - 295-302
AB  - Representatives of the Antarctic food web (krill, cephalopod, fish, penguin, 
      seal) of the area around Elephant Island and from the Weddell Sea were analysed 
      for the most recalcitrant organochlorine compounds. Due to sorption of the 
      compounds to sinking particles and accumulation in sediments, two benthic fish 
      species (Gobionotothen gibberifrons, Chaenocephalus aceratus) feeding on benthos 
      invertebrates and fish reflected significantly increasing concentrations within a 
      decade (1987-1996), while a benthopelagic species (Champsocephalus gunnari) 
      feeding on krill did not. In the pelagic food chain, lipid normalised 
      concentrations of all compounds increased from Antarctic krill to fish proving 
      that biomagnification of highly lipophilic pollutants (log octanol-water 
      partition coefficient>5) occurs in water-breathing animals. As top predators 
      Weddell and southern elephant seals (Leptonychotes weddellii, Mirounga leonina) 
      biomagnified the persistent organic pollutants relative to krill 30-160 fold with 
      the exception of hexachlorobenzene, the levels of which were lower than in fish 
      indicating its intense specific elimination.
FAU - Goerke, Helmut
AU  - Goerke H
AD  - Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar- und Meeresforschung, Postfach 120161, D-27515 
      Bremerhaven, Germany. hgoerke@awi-brenerhaven.de
FAU - Weber, Kurt
AU  - Weber K
FAU - Bornemann, Horst
AU  - Bornemann H
FAU - Ramdohr, Sven
AU  - Ramdohr S
FAU - Plotz, Joachim
AU  - Plotz J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Insecticides)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Amphipoda
MH  - Animals
MH  - Antarctic Regions
MH  - Birds
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Fishes
MH  - *Food Chain
MH  - Hydrocarbons/analysis/*pharmacokinetics
MH  - Insecticides/analysis/*pharmacokinetics
MH  - Mollusca
MH  - Seals, Earless
MH  - Tissue Distribution
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis/*pharmacokinetics
EDAT- 2004/02/20 05:00
MHDA- 2004/06/21 10:00
CRDT- 2004/02/20 05:00
PHST- 2004/02/20 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/06/21 10:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/02/20 05:00 [entrez]
AID - S0025-326X(03)00403-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.08.004 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2004 Feb;48(3-4):295-302. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.08.004.