PMID- 21888330
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120206
LR  - 20161125
IS  - 1520-5851 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 45
IP  - 20
DP  - 2011 Oct 15
TI  - Combining monitoring data and modeling identifies PAHs as emerging contaminants 
      in the arctic.
PG  - 9024-9
LID - 10.1021/es202423f [doi]
AB  - Protecting Arctic ecosystems against potential adverse effects from anthropogenic 
      activities is recognized as a top priority. In particular, understanding the 
      accumulation and effects of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in these 
      otherwise pristine ecosystems remains a scientific challenge. Here, we combine 
      more than 20,000 tissue concentrations, a food web bioaccumulation model, and 
      time trend analyses to demonstrate that the concentrations of legacy-POPs in the 
      Barents/Norwegian Sea fauna decreased 10-fold between 1985 and 2010, which 
      reflects regulatory efforts to restrict these substances. In contrast, 
      concentrations of fossil fuel derived PAHs in lower trophic levels (invertebrates 
      and fish) increased 10 to 30 fold over the past 25 years and now dominate the 
      summed POP burden (25 POPs, including 11 PAHs) in these biota. Before 2000, PCBs 
      dominated the summed POP burden in top predators. Our findings indicate that the 
      debate on the environmental impacts of fossil fuel burning should move beyond the 
      expected seawater temperature increase and examine the possible environmental 
      impact of fossil fuel derived PAHs.
FAU - Laender, F De
AU  - Laender FD
AD  - Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Applied Ecology, Ghent University, 
      Ghent, Belgium. frederik.delaender@ugent.be
FAU - Hammer, J
AU  - Hammer J
FAU - Hendriks, A J
AU  - Hendriks AJ
FAU - Soetaert, K
AU  - Soetaert K
FAU - Janssen, C R
AU  - Janssen CR
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20110923
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Arctic Regions
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Fishes/metabolism
MH  - Invertebrates/metabolism
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*analysis/toxicity
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis/toxicity
EDAT- 2011/09/06 06:00
MHDA- 2012/02/07 06:00
CRDT- 2011/09/06 06:00
PHST- 2011/09/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/09/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/02/07 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/es202423f [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2011 Oct 15;45(20):9024-9. doi: 10.1021/es202423f. Epub 2011 
      Sep 23.