PMID- 19375148
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090715
LR  - 20161125
IS  - 1879-1298 (Electronic)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 76
IP  - 2
DP  - 2009 Jun
TI  - Contamination profiles of selected PCB congeners, chlorinated pesticides, PCDD/Fs 
      in Antarctic fur seal pups and penguin eggs.
PG  - 264-9
LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.03.007 [doi]
AB  - The aim of this study was to investigate levels of some major environmental 
      contaminants, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated 
      dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and organochlorine pesticides in 
      Antarctic samples. Concentrations of some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) 
      were investigated in Antarctic fur seal pups and eggs of three species of 
      penguins. Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) was the main pollutant, 
      followed by PCBs; other organochlorine compounds such as hexachlorobenzene (HCB) 
      and PCDD/Fs were usually found only in minor quantities. Adelie penguin eggs had 
      significantly higher mean PCB concentrations (p<0.05) compared to the other two 
      penguin species, but there was no difference in DDT levels (p>0.05). TEQ values 
      in fur seal blubber in our study were one order of magnitude lower than those 
      considered to elicit physiological effects in aquatic mammals. In general, POP 
      concentrations in our samples suggested that likely the study populations were 
      not currently at risk for adverse health effects, but indicated a clear need for 
      further monitoring to assess the presence and time trend of a broad range of 
      contaminants, mainly emerging POPs thought to be increasing in polar regions.
FAU - Schiavone, Alessandra
AU  - Schiavone A
AD  - Department of Environmental Science G. Sarfatti, University of Siena, via P.A. 
      Mattioli, 4, I-53100 Siena, Italy. schiavone4@unisi.it
FAU - Corsolini, Simonetta
AU  - Corsolini S
FAU - Borghesi, Nicoletta
AU  - Borghesi N
FAU - Focardi, Silvano
AU  - Focardi S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20090416
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Benzofurans)
RN  - 0 (Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Antarctic Regions
MH  - Benzofurans/*analysis
MH  - Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Fur Seals/*metabolism
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Ovum/chemistry
MH  - Pesticides/*analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/*analogs & derivatives/analysis
MH  - Spheniscidae/*metabolism
EDAT- 2009/04/21 09:00
MHDA- 2009/07/16 09:00
CRDT- 2009/04/21 09:00
PHST- 2008/12/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/02/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2009/03/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2009/04/21 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/04/21 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/07/16 09:00 [medline]
AID - S0045-6535(09)00291-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.03.007 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2009 Jun;76(2):264-9. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.03.007. Epub 
      2009 Apr 16.