PMID- 22391047
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120816
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 1879-1298 (Electronic)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 87
IP  - 9
DP  - 2012 May
TI  - Evaluation of the possible adverse effects of legacy persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) on the brown booby (Sula leucogaster) along the Brazilian 
      coast.
PG  - 1039-44
LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.009 [doi]
AB  - This study aimed to investigate the impact of contamination by persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) on Brazilian wildlife. The concentrations of certain POPs, 
      including dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and polychlorinated biphenyls 
      (PCBs), in the eggs of the brown booby (Sula leucogaster) were measured. The eggs 
      were collected from breeding colonies located on three archipelagos (Saint Peter 
      and Saint Paul, Abrolhos and Cagarras Islands) in the Atlantic Ocean, which are 
      located at different distances from the Brazilian coast (range 4-1010 km). In 
      addition, possible alterations in eggshell characteristics were evaluated. The 
      average values of POPs found in eggs from the archipelago of Saint Peter and 
      Saint Paul (0.05mugg(-1) of SigmaPCBs and 0.01 mug g(-1) of SigmaDDT) and the archipelago 
      of Abrolhos (0.19 mug g(-1) of SigmaPCBs and 0.03 mug g(-1) of SigmaDDT) were low compared 
      to the reference values reported in the literature. In contrast, the 
      concentrations measured in eggs from Cagarras (8.4 mug g(-1) of SigmaPCBs and 1.8 mug 
      g(-1) of SigmaDDT) were the highest, and this total PCB level is close to the 
      threshold values considered to be harmful to birds. Our findings indicate that 
      the brown booby colony closest to the Rio de Janeiro coast has recently been 
      exposed to DDT. Despite the high pollution levels found on the Cagarras Islands, 
      no alterations in the eggshell weight or the thickness of the analyzed eggs were 
      detected. Hence, more detailed studies are recommended to determine the actual 
      effects of the selected POPs on the Cagarras breeding colony.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Cunha, L S T
AU  - Cunha LS
AD  - Laboratorio de Radioisotopos Eduardo Penna Franca, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos 
      Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho s/n, 
      Ilha do Fundao, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. larissacunha@biof.ufrj.br
FAU - Torres, J P M
AU  - Torres JP
FAU - Munoz-Arnanz, J
AU  - Munoz-Arnanz J
FAU - Jimenez, B
AU  - Jimenez B
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20120303
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - CIW5S16655 (DDT)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Atlantic Ocean
MH  - *Birds
MH  - Brazil
MH  - DDT/analysis
MH  - Egg Shell/chemistry
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis/*toxicity
MH  - Female
MH  - Organ Size/drug effects
MH  - Ovum/*chemistry
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
EDAT- 2012/03/07 06:00
MHDA- 2012/08/17 06:00
CRDT- 2012/03/07 06:00
PHST- 2011/03/17 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/01/03 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/02/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/03/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/03/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/08/17 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0045-6535(12)00199-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.009 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2012 May;87(9):1039-44. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.009. Epub 
      2012 Mar 3.