PMID- 16494241
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060601
LR  - 20201209
IS  - 0730-7268 (Print)
IS  - 0730-7268 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 1
DP  - 2006 Jan
TI  - Exposure and effects of persistent organic pollutants in European shag 
      (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) hatchlings from the coast of Norway.
PG  - 190-8
AB  - Although the coast of Norway is relatively clean regarding contaminants compared 
      to areas of Europe with higher density of both people and industry, levels of 
      persistent organic pollutants (POPs) exist in the marine ecosystem that may cause 
      chronic exposure effects in wildlife. In this study, polychlorinated biphenyls 
      (PCBs), some organochlorinated pesticides (OCPs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers 
      (PBDEs), and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) were analyzed in yolk sac of European 
      shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) hatchlings from an island situated on the coast 
      of Mid-Norway. In addition, levels of retinol (vitamin A), retinyl palmitate, and 
      alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) were measured in plasma and liver. The shag 
      hatchlings seemed to be relatively highly contaminated by PBDEs and HBCD on a 
      European scale. A negative relationship between PBDE-28 and liver tocopherol 
      levels was revealed, and plasma retinol levels correlated negatively to levels of 
      several PCB congeners, the summed PCB concentrations (sigmaPCBs), and some OCPs. 
      More studies should be done to reveal the effects of POPs, and especially PBDEs, 
      on vitamin status in wild birds.
FAU - Murvoll, Kari Mette
AU  - Murvoll KM
AD  - Department of Biology, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 
      Realfagsbygget, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
FAU - Skaare, Janneche Utne
AU  - Skaare JU
FAU - Anderssen, Endre
AU  - Anderssen E
FAU - Jenssen, Bjorn Munro
AU  - Jenssen BM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Toxicol Chem
JT  - Environmental toxicology and chemistry
JID - 8308958
RN  - 0 (Biomarkers)
RN  - 0 (Diterpenes)
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Lipids)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Phenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Polybrominated Biphenyls)
RN  - 0 (Retinyl Esters)
RN  - 11103-57-4 (Vitamin A)
RN  - 1D1K0N0VVC (retinol palmitate)
RN  - R0ZB2556P8 (Tocopherols)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Biomarkers
MH  - Birds/*metabolism
MH  - Diterpenes
MH  - Egg Yolk/chemistry
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis/metabolism
MH  - Flame Retardants/analysis/metabolism
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*analysis/metabolism
MH  - Lipids/analysis
MH  - Liver/metabolism
MH  - Norway
MH  - Pesticides/analysis/metabolism
MH  - Phenyl Ethers/*analysis/metabolism
MH  - Polybrominated Biphenyls/*analysis/metabolism
MH  - Retinyl Esters
MH  - Tocopherols/blood
MH  - Vitamin A/analogs & derivatives/blood/metabolism
EDAT- 2006/02/24 09:00
MHDA- 2006/06/02 09:00
CRDT- 2006/02/24 09:00
PHST- 2006/02/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/06/02 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/02/24 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1897/04-333r.1 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Toxicol Chem. 2006 Jan;25(1):190-8. doi: 10.1897/04-333r.1.