PMID- 21256594
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110517
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1873-6750 (Electronic)
IS  - 0160-4120 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 3
DP  - 2011 Apr
TI  - A first evaluation of the usefulness of feathers of nestling predatory birds for 
      non-destructive biomonitoring of persistent organic pollutants.
PG  - 622-30
LID - 10.1016/j.envint.2010.12.007 [doi]
AB  - In previous studies, feathers of adult predatory birds have been evaluated as 
      valid non-destructive biomonitor matrices for persistent organic pollutants 
      (POPs). In this study, we assessed for the first time the usefulness of nestling 
      raptor feathers for non-destructive biomonitoring of POPs. For this purpose, we 
      collected body feathers and blood of nestlings from three avian top predators 
      from northern Norway: northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis), white-tailed eagles 
      (Haliaeetus albicilla) and golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos). We were able to 
      detect a broad spectrum of legacy POPs in the nestling feathers of all three 
      species (Sigma PCBs: 6.78-140ng g(-1); DDE: 3.15-145ng g(-1); Sigma PBDEs: 0.538-7.56ng 
      g(-1)). However, these concentrations were lower compared to other studies on 
      raptor species, probably due to the aspect of monitoring of nestlings instead of 
      adults. Besides their analytical suitability, nestling feathers also appear to be 
      biologically informative: concentrations of most POPs in nestling feathers showed 
      strong and significant correlations with blood plasma concentrations in all 
      species (p<0.050; 0.775<r<0.994). In addition, the reported correlations between 
      feathers and blood plasma were much higher than those previously reported for 
      adult individuals. Accumulation profiles and species-specific differences were in 
      accordance with other toxicological studies on avian species and generally in 
      agreement with the specific ecology of the studied species. In summary, our 
      results indicate that the use of nestling feathers of northern raptors may be a 
      valid and promising non-destructive biomonitoring strategy for POPs in their 
      ecosystems.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Eulaers, Igor
AU  - Eulaers I
AD  - University of Antwerp, Ethology Research Group, Department of Biology, 
      Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Igor.Eulaers@ua.ac.be
FAU - Covaci, Adrian
AU  - Covaci A
FAU - Herzke, Dorte
AU  - Herzke D
FAU - Eens, Marcel
AU  - Eens M
FAU - Sonne, Christian
AU  - Sonne C
FAU - Moum, Truls
AU  - Moum T
FAU - Schnug, Lisbeth
AU  - Schnug L
FAU - Hanssen, Sveinn Are
AU  - Hanssen SA
FAU - Johnsen, Trond Vidar
AU  - Johnsen TV
FAU - Bustnes, Jan Ove
AU  - Bustnes JO
FAU - Jaspers, Veerle L B
AU  - Jaspers VL
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20110121
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Int
JT  - Environment international
JID - 7807270
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/blood/*metabolism
MH  - Environmental Pollution/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Falconiformes/blood/*metabolism
MH  - Feathers/*metabolism
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/blood/metabolism
MH  - Nesting Behavior
MH  - Organic Chemicals/blood/*metabolism
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/blood/metabolism
MH  - Predatory Behavior
EDAT- 2011/01/25 06:00
MHDA- 2011/05/18 06:00
CRDT- 2011/01/25 06:00
PHST- 2010/07/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/11/25 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2010/12/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/01/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/01/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/05/18 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0160-4120(10)00252-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envint.2010.12.007 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Int. 2011 Apr;37(3):622-30. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.12.007. Epub 2011 
      Jan 21.