PMID- 15862396
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050920
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0269-7491 (Print)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 136
IP  - 3
DP  - 2005 Aug
TI  - Selected chlorobornanes, polychlorinated naphthalenes and brominated flame 
      retardants in Bjornoya (Bear Island) freshwater biota.
PG  - 419-30
AB  - Levels of selected sparsely investigated persistent organic pollutants (POPs) 
      have been measured in organisms from two Arctic lakes on Bjornoya (Bear Island). 
      Elevated levels of chlorobornanes (CHBs) (up to 46.7 ng/g wet weight=ww), 
      polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) (up to 27.2 ng/g ww), polybrominated 
      biphenyls (PBBs) (up to 1.1 ng/g ww) and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs, only 
      4 congeners) (up to 62.7 pg/g ww), were measured in biota from Lake Ellasjoen. In 
      Lake Oyangen, located only 5 km north of Ellasjoen, levels of these contaminants 
      were significantly lower. delta(15)N-values were 7-10 per thousand higher in 
      organisms from Ellasjoen as compared to Oyangen. This is attributed to biological 
      inputs related to seabird activities. The present study illustrates that 
      contaminants such as CHBs, brominated flame retardants and PCNs accumulate in the 
      Ellasjoen food web in a manner similar to PCBs and conventional organochlorine 
      pesticides. Transport mechanisms that control PCB and DDT distributions, i.e. 
      atmospheric long-range transport and biotransport by seabirds, are also relevant 
      for the contaminants investigated in the present study.
FAU - Evenset, Anita
AU  - Evenset A
AD  - Akvaplan-niva, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296 Tromso, Norway. 
      ae@akvaplan.niva.no
FAU - Christensen, Guttorm N
AU  - Christensen GN
FAU - Kallenborn, Roland
AU  - Kallenborn R
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Polybrominated Biphenyls)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Arctic Regions
MH  - Birds/metabolism
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Flame Retardants/*analysis
MH  - *Food Chain
MH  - Fresh Water
MH  - Polybrominated Biphenyls/*analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
MH  - Trout/metabolism
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
MH  - Zooplankton/metabolism
EDAT- 2005/05/03 09:00
MHDA- 2005/09/21 09:00
CRDT- 2005/05/03 09:00
PHST- 2004/07/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2005/01/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2005/05/03 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/09/21 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/05/03 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0269-7491(05)00101-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.01.018 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2005 Aug;136(3):419-30. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.01.018.