PMID- 26002287
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160324
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1879-1298 (Electronic)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 137
DP  - 2015 Oct
TI  - Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in wild 
      terrestrial mammals from Croatia: Interspecies comparison of residue levels and 
      compositions.
PG  - 52-8
LID - S0045-6535(15)00489-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.05.026 [doi]
AB  - In this pilot study, we investigated levels of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) 
      and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the adipose tissues of two free-ranging 
      terrestrial carnivores from Croatia sampled in 2010 and 2011: the brown bear 
      (Ursus arctos; N=32) and the grey wolf (Canis lupus; N=29). Concentrations of 
       summation operatorOCPs and SigmaPCBs ranged from 0.45 to 4.09 ng g(-1) lipid mass (lm) and from 0.93 
      to 8.52 ng g(-1) lm in brown bear, and from 1.18 to 5.67 ng g(-1) lm and 2.68 to 
      48.9 ng g(-1) lm in grey wolf adipose tissues, respectively. PCBs were dominant 
      accounting for over 72% of total analyzed persistent organic pollutants (POPs). 
      The sum of six indicator non-dioxin-like PCBs (Sigma6IndNDL PCBs) made up 60-93% and 
      58-85% of the total congener concentrations in brown bears and wolves, 
      respectively. Although the levels of the measured parameters were significantly 
      higher in grey wolves than in bears, the contaminant profiles of the two species 
      were similar, with gamma-HCH, HCB, beta-HCH and DDE as major OCP contaminants, and 
      PCB-153>PCB-180 approximately PCB-170>PCB-138 as the dominant congeners. The sum of 
      hexachlorocyclohexanes (SigmaHCHs) and 8 toxicologically relevant dioxin-like PCBs 
      (Sigma8ToxDL PCBs) was higher in the males than in the females of the brown bear. 
      Concentrations of SigmaDDTs, HCB, SigmaOCP, SigmaPCBs, Sigma6IndNDL PCBs, and toxicologically 
      relevant non-dioxin-like PCBs (SigmaToxNDL PCBs) were significantly positively 
      correlated with lipid content in the grey wolf. Concentrations of OCPs and PCBs 
      in brown bears and wolves from Croatia were low and normal for large terrestrial 
      mammals.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Herceg Romanic, Snjezana
AU  - Herceg Romanic S
AD  - Biochemistry and Organic Analytical Chemistry Unit, Institute for Medical 
      Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia.
FAU - Klincic, Darija
AU  - Klincic D
AD  - Biochemistry and Organic Analytical Chemistry Unit, Institute for Medical 
      Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia.
FAU - Kljakovic-Gaspic, Zorana
AU  - Kljakovic-Gaspic Z
AD  - Analytical Toxicology and Mineral Metabolism Unit, Institute for Medical Research 
      and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: 
      zorana.kljakovic-gaspic@imi.hr.
FAU - Kusak, Josip
AU  - Kusak J
AD  - Department of Biology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
FAU - Reljic, Slaven
AU  - Reljic S
AD  - Department of Biology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
FAU - Huber, Duro
AU  - Huber D
AD  - Department of Biology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150522
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticide Residues)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Croatia
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/analysis/chemistry
MH  - Female
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*analysis/*chemistry
MH  - Male
MH  - Pesticide Residues/analysis/chemistry
MH  - Pilot Projects
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis/*chemistry
MH  - *Ursidae
MH  - *Wolves
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Brown bear (Ursus arctos)
OT  - Croatia
OT  - Grey wolf (Canis lupus)
OT  - OCPs
OT  - PCBs
OT  - Terrestrial wildlife
EDAT- 2015/05/24 06:00
MHDA- 2016/03/25 06:00
CRDT- 2015/05/24 06:00
PHST- 2015/02/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/04/29 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/05/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/05/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/05/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/03/25 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0045-6535(15)00489-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.05.026 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2015 Oct;137:52-8. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.05.026. Epub 2015 
      May 22.