PMID- 21509805
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110916
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 1552-8618 (Electronic)
IS  - 0730-7268 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 7
DP  - 2011 Jul
TI  - Persistent organic pollutants in blood plasma of satellite-tracked adult male 
      loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta).
PG  - 1549-56
LID - 10.1002/etc.540 [doi]
AB  - Risks from persistent organic pollutants (POPs) remain largely a mystery for 
      threatened loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). The present study examines 
      regional-scale POP differences in blood plasma from adult male C. caretta based 
      on movement patterns. Turtles were captured near Port Canaveral, Florida, USA, in 
      April of 2006 and 2007 and fitted with satellite transmitters as part of a 
      National Marine Fisheries Service-funded project. Residents (n = 9) remained near 
      the capture site, whereas transients (n = 10) migrated northward, becoming 
      established in areas largely from south of Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, to 
      north of Cape May, New Jersey, USA. Blood was sampled from the dorsocervical 
      sinus of each turtle and analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for 
      organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), 
      polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and toxaphenes. Blood plasma 
      concentrations of OCPs and total PBDEs were elevated in transients (p < 0.05) and 
      in some cases were correlated with turtle size. Migratory adults showed an 
      atypical PBDE congener profile relative to other published studies on wildlife, 
      with PBDE 154 being the dominant congener. Additionally, PCB congener patterns 
      differed between groups, with total PCBs slightly elevated in transients. This 
      supports the idea that foraging location can influence exposure to, and patterns 
      of, POPs in highly mobile species such as C. caretta. Understanding patterns of 
      contamination informs wildlife managers about possible health risks to certain 
      subpopulations. The present study is the first to examine POPs in the rarely 
      studied adult male sea turtle and to couple contaminant measurements with 
      satellite tracking.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2011 SETAC.
FAU - Ragland, Jared M
AU  - Ragland JM
AD  - Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. 
      jaredragland@gmail.com.
FAU - Arendt, Michael D
AU  - Arendt MD
FAU - Kucklick, John R
AU  - Kucklick JR
FAU - Keller, Jennifer M
AU  - Keller JM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20110420
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Toxicol Chem
JT  - Environmental toxicology and chemistry
JID - 8308958
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Hazardous Substances)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 7REL09ZX35 (pentabromodiphenyl ether)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Atlantic Ocean
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*instrumentation/methods
MH  - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/blood
MH  - Hazardous Substances/blood
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/blood
MH  - Male
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*blood
MH  - Pesticides/blood
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/blood
MH  - Remote Sensing Technology
MH  - *Spacecraft
MH  - Turtles/*blood
MH  - United States
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*blood
EDAT- 2011/04/22 06:00
MHDA- 2011/09/17 06:00
CRDT- 2011/04/22 06:00
PHST- 2010/11/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/12/12 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2011/03/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/04/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/04/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/09/17 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1002/etc.540 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Toxicol Chem. 2011 Jul;30(7):1549-56. doi: 10.1002/etc.540. Epub 2011 Apr 
      20.