PMID- 25536177
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150807
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 511
DP  - 2015 Apr 1
TI  - Levels and temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in arctic 
      foxes (Vulpes lagopus) from Svalbard in relation to dietary habits and food 
      availability.
PG  - 112-22
LID - S0048-9697(14)01741-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.039 [doi]
AB  - Temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in arctic foxes (Vulpes 
      lagopus) from Svalbard, Norway, were investigated in relation to feeding habits 
      and seasonal food availability. Arctic foxes from Svalbard forage in both marine 
      and terrestrial ecosystems and the availability of their food items are impacted 
      by climatic variability. Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), 
      organochlorinated pesticides (OCPs) and brominated flame retardants 
      (polybrominated diphenyl ethers [PBDEs] and hexabromocyclododecane [HBCDD]) were 
      analyzed in the liver of 141 arctic foxes collected between 1997 and 2013. Stable 
      carbon isotope values (delta13C) were used as a proxy for feeding on marine versus 
      terrestrial prey. The annual number of recovered reindeer carcasses and sea ice 
      cover were used as proxies for climate influenced food availability (reindeers, 
      seals). Linear models revealed that concentrations of PCBs, chlordanes, p,p'-DDE, 
      mirex and PBDEs decreased 4-11% per year, while no trends were observed for 
      hexachlorobenzene (HCB) or beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (beta-HCH). Positive 
      relationships between POP concentrations and delta13C indicate that concentrations of 
      all compounds increase with increasing marine dietary input. Increasing reindeer 
      mortality was related to lower HCB concentrations in the foxes based on the 
      linear models. This suggests that concentrations of HCB in arctic foxes may be 
      influenced by high mortality levels of Svalbard reindeer. Further, beta-HCH 
      concentrations showed a positive association with sea ice cover. These results in 
      addition to the strong effect of delta13C on all POP concentrations suggest that 
      climate-related changes in arctic fox diet are likely to influence contaminant 
      concentrations in arctic foxes from Svalbard.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Andersen, Martin S
AU  - Andersen MS
AD  - Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, NO-9296 Tromso, Norway; Department of 
      Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, NO-9037 Tromso, 
      Norway.
FAU - Fuglei, Eva
AU  - Fuglei E
AD  - Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, NO-9296 Tromso, Norway.
FAU - Konig, Max
AU  - Konig M
AD  - Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, NO-9296 Tromso, Norway.
FAU - Lipasti, Inka
AU  - Lipasti I
AD  - Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland.
FAU - Pedersen, Ashild O
AU  - Pedersen AO
AD  - Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, NO-9296 Tromso, Norway.
FAU - Polder, Anuschka
AU  - Polder A
AD  - Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian University of Life 
      Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432 As, Norway.
FAU - Yoccoz, Nigel G
AU  - Yoccoz NG
AD  - Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 
      NO-9037 Tromso, Norway.
FAU - Routti, Heli
AU  - Routti H
AD  - Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, NO-9296 Tromso, Norway. Electronic 
      address: heli.routti@npolar.no.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20141221
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Brominated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 12789-03-6 (Chlordan)
RN  - 4M7FS82U08 (Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene)
RN  - 4Z87H0LKUY (Hexachlorobenzene)
RN  - 59NEE7PCAB (Hexachlorocyclohexane)
RN  - 5I9835JO3M (hexabromocyclododecane)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
RN  - YM80ODM9PD (beta-hexachlorocyclohexane)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Chlordan/metabolism
MH  - Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene/metabolism
MH  - Diet/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*metabolism
MH  - Flame Retardants/metabolism
MH  - Foxes/*metabolism
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/metabolism
MH  - Hexachlorobenzene/metabolism
MH  - Hexachlorocyclohexane/metabolism
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Brominated/metabolism
MH  - Pesticides/metabolism
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/metabolism
MH  - Svalbard
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Arctic fox
OT  - Climate change
OT  - Contaminant
OT  - Reindeer mortality
OT  - Sea ice
OT  - Stable isotope
EDAT- 2014/12/24 06:00
MHDA- 2015/08/08 06:00
CRDT- 2014/12/24 06:00
PHST- 2014/11/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/12/12 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/12/15 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/12/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/12/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/08/08 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0048-9697(14)01741-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.039 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2015 Apr 1;511:112-22. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.039. 
      Epub 2014 Dec 21.