PMID- 20947126
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20101223
LR  - 20110414
IS  - 1879-1298 (Electronic)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 82
IP  - 1
DP  - 2011 Jan
TI  - Diamondback terrapins as indicator species of persistent organic pollutants: 
      Using Barnegat Bay, New Jersey as a case study.
PG  - 137-44
LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.009 [doi]
AB  - The diamondback terrapin's (Malaclemys terrapin) wide geographic distribution, 
      long life span, occurrence in a variety of habitats within the saltmarsh 
      ecosystem, predatory foraging behavior, and high site fidelity make it a useful 
      indicator species for contaminant monitoring in estuarine ecosystems. In this 
      study fat biopsies and plasma samples were collected from males and females from 
      two sites within Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, as well as tissues from a gravid 
      female and blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), which are terrapin prey. Samples were 
      analyzed for persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including polychlorinated 
      biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), chlorinated pesticides, 
      and methyl-triclosan. Terrapins from the northern site, Spizzle Creek, closest to 
      influences from industrial areas, had higher POP concentrations for both tissues 
      than terrapins from the less impacted Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Sex 
      differences were observed with males having higher contaminant concentrations in 
      fat and females in plasma. PCB patterns in terrapin fat and plasma were 
      comparable to other wildlife. An atypical PBDE pattern was observed, dominated by 
      PBDEs 153 and 100 instead of PBDEs 47 and 99, which has been documented in only a 
      few other turtle species. The typical PBDE patterns measured in mussels, terrapin 
      prey, suggests that the terrapin may efficiently biotransform or eliminate PBDE 
      47 and possibly PBDE 99. Plasma contaminant concentrations significantly and 
      positively correlated with those in fat. This study addresses several aspects of 
      using the terrapin as an indicator species for POP monitoring: site and sex 
      differences, tissue sampling choices, maternal transfer, and biomagnification.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Basile, Emily R
AU  - Basile ER
AD  - Drexel University, Department of Biology, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. 
      Erbasile1121@gmail.com
FAU - Avery, Harold W
AU  - Avery HW
FAU - Bien, Walter F
AU  - Bien WF
FAU - Keller, Jennifer M
AU  - Keller JM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20101013
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
EIN - Chemosphere. 2011 Mar;83(2):208-9
MH  - Adipose Tissue/metabolism
MH  - Animals
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Male
MH  - Mytilus edulis/metabolism
MH  - New Jersey
MH  - Organic Chemicals/blood/*metabolism
MH  - Seawater/chemistry
MH  - Turtles/*metabolism
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/blood/*metabolism
MH  - Water Pollution, Chemical/statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2010/10/16 06:00
MHDA- 2010/12/25 06:00
CRDT- 2010/10/16 06:00
PHST- 2010/03/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/07/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2010/09/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/10/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/10/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/12/25 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0045-6535(10)01006-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.009 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2011 Jan;82(1):137-44. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.009. Epub 
      2010 Oct 13.