PMID- 16289289
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060728
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0045-6535 (Print)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 63
IP  - 8
DP  - 2006 May
TI  - Accumulation profiles of persistent organochlorines in liver and fat tissues of 
      various waterbird species from Greece.
PG  - 1392-409
AB  - Waterbirds are particularly subject to accumulation of persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) that have been shown to constitute a major hazard for this 
      group of birds. Liver and fat tissue from ten species belonging to the orders 
      Ciconiformes (Ardeidae, Ciconiidae, Phoenicopteridae) and Pelicaniformes 
      (Pelecanidae, Phalacrocoracidae) were used as bioindicators in order to assess 
      environmental pollution by POPs (HCHs, DDTs, cyclodienes, PCBs) in Greek 
      wetlands. To our knowledge, this is the first study on POPs in livers of water 
      birds in Greece and Eastern Mediterranean area. The DDTs consisted mainly of 
      p,p'-DDE with percentages over 60% in the great majority of the samples. The 
      highest summation SigmaDDT concentrations were measured in the liver and 
      subcutaneous fat of Phoenicopterus rubber and in Ardea purpurea liver (15565, 
      24706 and 10406 ng g(-1) wet weight, respectively). Low concentrations of 
      cyclodienes (Cycls) and HCHs were detected occasionally and the contamination 
      pattern of OCPs in most species of waterbirds followed the order summation 
      SigmaDDTs> summation SigmaCycls> summation SigmaHCHs. Individual values of total 
      PCBs reached the levels of 4468 and 3252 ng g(-1) wet weight, for Nycticorax 
      nycticorax and Egretta garzetta samples respectively. Some of the recorded 
      differences in organochlorine concentrations could be due to different causes of 
      death, with a subsequent effect on body lipid levels. Organochlorine pesticides 
      and PCBs residues were lower than those commonly associated with mortality and 
      reduced reproductive success in most species. However, low level exposure to 
      these contaminants may constitute one of the many stressors that in combination 
      could adversely affect bird populations.
FAU - Sakellarides, T M
AU  - Sakellarides TM
AD  - Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Panepistimioupolis, Epirus, 
      Ioannina 45110, Greece.
FAU - Konstantinou, I K
AU  - Konstantinou IK
FAU - Hela, D G
AU  - Hela DG
FAU - Lambropoulou, D
AU  - Lambropoulou D
FAU - Dimou, A
AU  - Dimou A
FAU - Albanis, T A
AU  - Albanis TA
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20051111
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adipose Tissue/*chemistry
MH  - Animals
MH  - Birds/*metabolism
MH  - Diet
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Female
MH  - Fishes
MH  - Greece
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*analysis/metabolism
MH  - Liver/*chemistry
MH  - Male
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis/metabolism
EDAT- 2005/11/18 09:00
MHDA- 2006/07/29 09:00
CRDT- 2005/11/18 09:00
PHST- 2005/04/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2005/08/09 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2005/09/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2005/11/18 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/07/29 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/11/18 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0045-6535(05)01098-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.09.025 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2006 May;63(8):1392-409. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.09.025. 
      Epub 2005 Nov 11.