PMID- 27884466
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170313
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1873-6424 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 220
IP  - Pt B
DP  - 2017 Jan
TI  - Linking pollutant exposure of humpback whales breeding in the Indian Ocean to 
      their feeding habits and feeding areas off Antarctica.
PG  - 1090-1099
LID - S0269-7491(16)32178-9 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.11.032 [doi]
AB  - Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, breeding off la Reunion Island (Indian 
      Ocean) undergo large-scale seasonal migrations between summer feeding grounds 
      near Antarctica and their reproductive winter grounds in the Indian Ocean. The 
      main scope of the current study was to investigate chemical exposure of humpback 
      whales breeding in the Indian Ocean by providing the first published data on this 
      breeding stock concerning persistent organic pollutants (POPs), namely 
      polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), hexachlorocyclohexanes 
      (HCHs), DDT and its metabolites (DDTs), chlordane compounds (CHLs), 
      polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and methoxylated PBDEs (MeO-PBDEs). 
      Analyses of stable isotopes delta(13)C and delta(15)N in skin resulted in further insight 
      in their feeding ecology, which was in agreement with a diet focused mainly on 
      low trophic level prey species, such as krill from Antarctica. POPs were measured 
      in all humpback whales in the order of 
      HCB > DDTs > CHLs > HCHs > PCBs > PBDEs > MeO-BDEs. HCB (median: 24 ng g(-1) lw) 
      and DDTs (median: 7.7 ng g(-1) lw) were the predominant compounds in all whale 
      biopsies. Among DDT compounds, p,p'-DDE was the major organohalogenated 
      pollutant, reflecting its long-term accumulation in humpback whales. 
      Significantly lower concentrations of HCB and DDTs were found in females than in 
      males (p < 0.001). Other compounds were similar between the two genders 
      (p > 0.05). Differences in the HCB and DDTs suggested gender-specific transfer of 
      some compounds to the offspring. POP concentrations were lower than previously 
      reported results for humpback whales sampled near the Antarctic Peninsula, 
      suggesting potential influence of their nutritional status and may indicate 
      different exposures of the whales according to their feeding zones. Further 
      investigations are required to assess exposure of southern humpback whales 
      throughout their feeding zones.
CI  - Copyright A(c) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Das, Krishna
AU  - Das K
AD  - Laboratory of Oceanology-MARE, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium. 
      Electronic address: krishna.das@ulg.ac.be.
FAU - Malarvannan, Govindan
AU  - Malarvannan G
AD  - Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, 
      Belgium.
FAU - Dirtu, Alin
AU  - Dirtu A
AD  - Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, 
      Belgium; Department of Chemistry, "Al. I. Cuza" University of Iasi, 700506 Iasi, 
      Romania.
FAU - Dulau, Violaine
AU  - Dulau V
AD  - Groupe Local d'Observation et d'Identification des Cetaces (GLOBICE), 30 Chemin 
      Parc Cabris, Grand Bois, 97 410 Saint Pierre, Reunion.
FAU - Dumont, Magali
AU  - Dumont M
AD  - Laboratory of Oceanology-MARE, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium.
FAU - Lepoint, Gilles
AU  - Lepoint G
AD  - Laboratory of Oceanology-MARE, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium.
FAU - Mongin, Philippe
AU  - Mongin P
AD  - BNOI-ONCFS, Parc de la Providence, 97400 Saint-Denis, Reunion.
FAU - Covaci, Adrian
AU  - Covaci A
AD  - Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, 
      Belgium.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20161122
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animal Migration/*physiology
MH  - Animals
MH  - Antarctic Regions
MH  - *Feeding Behavior
MH  - Female
MH  - *Humpback Whale
MH  - Indian Ocean
MH  - Male
MH  - Reproduction
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/chemistry/metabolism/*toxicity
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Baleen whale
OT  - Indian Ocean
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants
OT  - Reunion Island
OT  - Stable isotopes
EDAT- 2016/11/26 06:00
MHDA- 2017/03/14 06:00
CRDT- 2016/11/26 06:00
PHST- 2016/07/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/11/10 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/11/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/11/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/03/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/11/26 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0269-7491(16)32178-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.11.032 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2017 Jan;220(Pt B):1090-1099. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.11.032. 
      Epub 2016 Nov 22.