PMID- 23632440
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131107
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1873-6750 (Electronic)
IS  - 0160-4120 (Linking)
VI  - 57-58
DP  - 2013 Jul
TI  - Ecological and spatial factors drive intra- and interspecific variation in 
      exposure of subarctic predatory bird nestlings to persistent organic pollutants.
PG  - 25-33
LID - S0160-4120(13)00078-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envint.2013.03.009 [doi]
AB  - Top predators in northern ecosystems may suffer from exposure to persistent 
      organic pollutants (POPs) as this exposure may synergistically interact with 
      already elevated natural stress in these ecosystems. In the present study, we 
      aimed at identifying biological (sex, body condition), ecological (dietary carbon 
      source, trophic level) and spatial factors (local habitat, regional nest 
      location) that may influence intra- and interspecific variation in exposure of 
      subarctic predatory bird nestlings to polychlorinated biphenyl 153 (CB 153), 
      polybrominated diphenyl ether 47 (BDE 47), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene 
      (p,p'-DDE) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB). During three breeding seasons 
      (2008-2010), we sampled body feathers from fully-grown nestlings of three 
      ecologically distinct predatory bird species in subarctic Norway: Northern 
      Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) and 
      Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). The present study analysed, for the first time, 
      body feathers for both POPs and carbon (delta(13)C) and nitrogen (delta(15)N) stable 
      isotopes, thus integrating the dietary carbon source, trophic level and POP 
      exposure for the larger part of the nestling stage. Intraspecific variation in 
      exposure was driven by a combination of ecological and spatial factors, often 
      different for individual compounds. In addition, combinations for individual 
      compounds differed among species. Trophic level and local habitat were the 
      predominant predictors for CB 153, p,p'-DDE and BDE 47, indicating their 
      biomagnification and decreasing levels according to coast>fjord>inland. Variation 
      in exposure may also have been driven by inter-annual variation arisen from 
      primary sources (e.g. p,p'-DDE) and/or possible revolatilisation from secondary 
      sources (e.g. HCB). Interspecific differences in POP exposure were best explained 
      by a combination of trophic level (biomagnification), dietary carbon source (food 
      chain discrimination) and regional nest location (historical POP contamination). 
      In conclusion, the combined analysis of POPs and stable isotopes in body feathers 
      from fully-grown nestlings has identified ecological and spatial factors that may 
      drive POP exposure over the larger part of the nestling stage. This 
      methodological approach further promotes the promising use of nestling predatory 
      bird body feathers as a non-destructive sampling strategy to integrate various 
      toxicological and ecological proxies.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Eulaers, Igor
AU  - Eulaers I
AD  - Ethology Research Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 
      Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. igor.eulaers@ua.ac.be
FAU - Jaspers, Veerle L B
AU  - Jaspers VL
FAU - Bustnes, Jan O
AU  - Bustnes JO
FAU - Covaci, Adrian
AU  - Covaci A
FAU - Johnsen, Trond V
AU  - Johnsen TV
FAU - Halley, Duncan J
AU  - Halley DJ
FAU - Moum, Truls
AU  - Moum T
FAU - Ims, Rolf A
AU  - Ims RA
FAU - Hanssen, Sveinn A
AU  - Hanssen SA
FAU - Erikstad, Kjell E
AU  - Erikstad KE
FAU - Herzke, Dorte
AU  - Herzke D
FAU - Sonne, Christian
AU  - Sonne C
FAU - Ballesteros, Manuel
AU  - Ballesteros M
FAU - Pinxten, Rianne
AU  - Pinxten R
FAU - Eens, Marcel
AU  - Eens M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130428
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Int
JT  - Environment international
JID - 7807270
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Ecology
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - *Falconiformes
MH  - Feathers/*chemistry
MH  - Food Chain
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*analysis
MH  - Norway
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
EDAT- 2013/05/02 06:00
MHDA- 2013/11/08 06:00
CRDT- 2013/05/02 06:00
PHST- 2012/11/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/02/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/03/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/05/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/05/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/11/08 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0160-4120(13)00078-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envint.2013.03.009 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Int. 2013 Jul;57-58:25-33. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.03.009. Epub 2013 
      Apr 28.