PMID- 23418059
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130718
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1552-8618 (Electronic)
IS  - 0730-7268 (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 4
DP  - 2013 Apr
TI  - Forty-seven days of decay does not change persistent organic pollutant levels in 
      loggerhead sea turtle eggs.
PG  - 747-56
LID - 10.1002/etc.2127 [doi]
AB  - Reptile and bird eggs are priority samples for specimen banking programs that 
      assess spatial and temporal trends of environmental contaminants. From endangered 
      species, such as sea turtles, nonlethal sampling is required (e.g., unhatched 
      eggs collected postemergence). Previous contaminant monitoring studies have used 
      unhatched sea turtle eggs, but no study has tested whether their concentrations 
      represent levels found in fresh eggs (e.g., eggs collected within 24 h of 
      oviposition). The author analyzed three fresh eggs from different nest depths and 
      up to three unhatched eggs from 10 loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests 
      in South Carolina, USA, for a suite of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). 
      Lipid-normalized POP concentrations were not significantly different (p > 0.05) 
      between fresh and unhatched eggs or among different depths from the same nest. 
      The POP concentrations in loggerhead eggs from South Carolina were higher than 
      previously measured concentrations in eggs from Florida and slightly lower than 
      concentrations in eggs from North Carolina. This pattern agrees with previously 
      observed trends of increasing POP concentrations in loggerhead turtles inhabiting 
      northern latitudes along the U.S. East Coast. Contaminant profiles are discussed, 
      including a higher chlorinated pattern of polychlorinated biphenyls possibly 
      associated with a Superfund site in nearby Brunswick, Georgia, USA, and unusual 
      polybrominated diphenylether patterns seen in this and previous sea turtle 
      studies. Concentrations correlated with one of eight measurements of reproductive 
      success; levels were negatively correlated with egg mass (p < 0.05), which may 
      have implications for hatchling fitness. The present study suggests that 
      unhatched eggs can be used for POP-monitoring projects.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2013 SETAC.
FAU - Keller, Jennifer M
AU  - Keller JM
AD  - Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
      Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. 
      Jennifer.Keller@noaa.gov
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130222
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Toxicol Chem
JT  - Environmental toxicology and chemistry
JID - 8308958
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Female
MH  - Florida
MH  - Georgia
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*metabolism
MH  - North Carolina
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*metabolism
MH  - South Carolina
MH  - Turtles/*metabolism
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*metabolism
MH  - Water Pollution, Chemical/statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2013/02/19 06:00
MHDA- 2013/07/19 06:00
CRDT- 2013/02/19 06:00
PHST- 2012/09/05 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/11/04 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/12/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/02/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/02/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/07/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1002/etc.2127 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Toxicol Chem. 2013 Apr;32(4):747-56. doi: 10.1002/etc.2127. Epub 2013 Feb 
      22.