PMID- 26502059
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160613
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1520-5851 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 22
DP  - 2015 Nov 17
TI  - Occurrence of Legacy and New Persistent Organic Pollutants in Avian Tissues from 
      King George Island, Antarctica.
PG  - 13628-38
LID - 10.1021/acs.est.5b03181 [doi]
AB  - Legacy and new persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including polychlorinated 
      naphthalenes (PCNs), Dechlorane Plus (DPs) and related compounds (Dechloranes), 
      hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and 
      organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), were analyzed in avian tissue samples from King 
      George Island, Antarctica. The avian species consisted of the Gentoo penguin 
      (Pygoscelis papua), the Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), the South polar skua 
      (Stercorarius maccormicki), and the Brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus). HBCDs 
      were detected in all samples and ranged from 1.67-713 pg/g-lipid. In the penguin 
      samples, the concentrations of PCNs ranged from 0.69-2.07 ng/g-lipid, whereas 
      those in the skua samples ranged from 7.41-175 ng/g-lipid. The levels of 
      Dechloranes ranged from 0.60-1.30 ng/g-lipid in the penguin samples and from 
      6.57-47.4 ng/g-lipid in the skua samples. The concentrations and congener 
      distributions of OCPs and PCBs were similar to the results of previous reports. 
      The three new POPs were detected in all samples, and this study was one of the 
      first reports on the occurrence of these pollutants in the Antarctic biota. 
      Because Antarctica is one of the most pristine places on Earth, the detection of 
      new POPs in the Antarctic birds, especially penguins, is direct evidence of the 
      long-range transport of pollutants. Furthermore, the concentration ratios of the 
      penguin to the skua samples (BMFs-p) were greater than 1 in most legacy and new 
      POPs, and the BMFs-p values of the new POPs were comparable to those of some 
      OCPs, suggesting a possibility of biomagnification. Despite the small sample 
      size, the results of this study identified POP contamination of the Antarctic 
      avian species and long-range transport and biomagnification of HBCDs, 
      Dechloranes, and PCNs.
FAU - Kim, Jun-Tae
AU  - Kim JT
AD  - School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and 
      Technology (POSTECH) , Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Son, Min-Hui
AU  - Son MH
AD  - School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and 
      Technology (POSTECH) , Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Kang, Jung-Ho
AU  - Kang JH
AD  - Korea Polar Research Institute , Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 406-840, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Kim, Jeong-Hoon
AU  - Kim JH
AD  - Korea Polar Research Institute , Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 406-840, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Jung, Jin-Woo
AU  - Jung JW
AD  - Korea Polar Research Institute , Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 406-840, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Chang, Yoon-Seok
AU  - Chang YS
AD  - School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and 
      Technology (POSTECH) , Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20151106
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Antarctic Regions
MH  - *Charadriiformes
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Islands
MH  - Organic Chemicals/analysis
MH  - Pesticides/analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - *Spheniscidae
EDAT- 2015/10/27 06:00
MHDA- 2016/06/14 06:00
CRDT- 2015/10/27 06:00
PHST- 2015/10/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/10/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/06/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/acs.est.5b03181 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2015 Nov 17;49(22):13628-38. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03181. 
      Epub 2015 Nov 6.