PMID- 17905497
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20081205
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0269-7491 (Print)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 153
IP  - 2
DP  - 2008 May
TI  - Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in female common dolphins 
      (Delphinus delphis) and harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from western 
      European seas: geographical trends, causal factors and effects on reproduction 
      and mortality.
PG  - 401-15
AB  - Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in blubber of female common 
      dolphins and harbour porpoises from the Atlantic coast of Europe were frequently 
      above the threshold at which effects on reproduction could be expected, in 40% 
      and 47% of cases respectively. This rose to 74% for porpoises from the southern 
      North Sea. PCB concentrations were also high in southern North Sea fish. The 
      average pregnancy rate recorded in porpoises (42%) in the study area was lower 
      than in the western Atlantic but that in common dolphins (25%) was similar to 
      that of the western Atlantic population. Porpoises that died from disease or 
      parasitic infection had higher concentrations of persistent organic pollutants 
      (POPs) than animals dying from other causes. Few of the common dolphins sampled 
      had died from disease or parasitic infection. POP profiles in common dolphin 
      blubber were related to individual feeding history while those in porpoises were 
      more strongly related to condition.
FAU - Pierce, G J
AU  - Pierce GJ
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, 
      Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, UK. g.j.pierce@abdn.ac.uk
FAU - Santos, M B
AU  - Santos MB
FAU - Murphy, S
AU  - Murphy S
FAU - Learmonth, J A
AU  - Learmonth JA
FAU - Zuur, A F
AU  - Zuur AF
FAU - Rogan, E
AU  - Rogan E
FAU - Bustamante, P
AU  - Bustamante P
FAU - Caurant, F
AU  - Caurant F
FAU - Lahaye, V
AU  - Lahaye V
FAU - Ridoux, V
AU  - Ridoux V
FAU - Zegers, B N
AU  - Zegers BN
FAU - Mets, A
AU  - Mets A
FAU - Addink, M
AU  - Addink M
FAU - Smeenk, C
AU  - Smeenk C
FAU - Jauniaux, T
AU  - Jauniaux T
FAU - Law, R J
AU  - Law RJ
FAU - Dabin, W
AU  - Dabin W
FAU - Lopez, A
AU  - Lopez A
FAU - Alonso Farre, J M
AU  - Alonso Farre JM
FAU - Gonzalez, A F
AU  - Gonzalez AF
FAU - Guerra, A
AU  - Guerra A
FAU - Garcia-Hartmann, M
AU  - Garcia-Hartmann M
FAU - Reid, R J
AU  - Reid RJ
FAU - Moffat, C F
AU  - Moffat CF
FAU - Lockyer, C
AU  - Lockyer C
FAU - Boon, J P
AU  - Boon JP
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20071001
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 00BH33GNGH (Cadmium)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
RN  - FXS1BY2PGL (Mercury)
RN  - J41CSQ7QDS (Zinc)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adipose Tissue/chemistry/metabolism
MH  - Animals
MH  - Cadmium/analysis
MH  - Cephalopoda/chemistry
MH  - Common Dolphins/*metabolism
MH  - Ecology/methods
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis/pharmacokinetics
MH  - Female
MH  - Fishes/metabolism
MH  - Flame Retardants/*pharmacokinetics
MH  - Food Chain
MH  - Liver/chemistry
MH  - Mercury/analysis
MH  - Models, Statistical
MH  - North Sea
MH  - Phocoena/*metabolism
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis/pharmacokinetics
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Reproduction/drug effects
MH  - Tissue Distribution
MH  - Zinc/analysis
EDAT- 2007/10/02 09:00
MHDA- 2008/12/17 09:00
CRDT- 2007/10/02 09:00
PHST- 2007/01/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/06/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2007/08/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/10/02 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/12/17 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/10/02 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0269-7491(07)00432-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.08.019 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2008 May;153(2):401-15. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.08.019. Epub 
      2007 Oct 1.