PMID- 29641526
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180725
LR  - 20181114
IS  - 1932-6203 (Electronic)
IS  - 1932-6203 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 4
DP  - 2018
TI  - Persistent organic pollutants in Antarctic notothenioid fish and invertebrates 
      associated with trophic levels.
PG  - e0194147
LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0194147 [doi]
LID - e0194147
AB  - Notothenioid fish and invertebrate samples from Antarctica were collected in the 
      austral summer of 2009, and analyzed for persistent organic pollutants (POPs), 
      including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), organochlorine pesticides 
      (OCPs), and polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs), as well as delta13C and delta15N 
      stable isotopes for trophic level determination. In this study, the POP levels in 
      the Antarctic biota samples were found to be ranked in the following order: OCPs 
      > PAHs >> PBDEs. The POP levels in notothenioid fish and krill correlate to 
      trophic levels; however, the POP concentrations in intertidal benthic 
      invertebrates are higher than in notothenioid fish implying that specific 
      biogeochemical factors may affect bioaccumulation in the Antarctica ecosystem. 
      Biomagnification of POPs may have a smaller role than bioconcentration in 
      Antarctica environment. In addition to the source, transport, exposure, and 
      absorption for each group of POPs in the short food chain in Antarctica, the 
      biological variation among species, interaction habitats, diet and metabolism are 
      also factors for future studies on contaminant bioaccumulation.
FAU - Ko, Fung-Chi
AU  - Ko FC
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8276-2353
AD  - National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan.
AD  - Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan.
FAU - Pan, Wei-Ling
AU  - Pan WL
AD  - Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan.
FAU - Cheng, Jing-O
AU  - Cheng JO
AD  - National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan.
FAU - Chen, Te-Hao
AU  - Chen TH
AD  - National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan.
AD  - Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan.
FAU - Kuo, Fu-Wen
AU  - Kuo FW
AD  - National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan.
FAU - Kao, Shu-Ji
AU  - Kao SJ
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, China.
FAU - Chang, Chih-Wei
AU  - Chang CW
AD  - National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan.
AD  - Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan.
FAU - Ho, Hsuan-Ching
AU  - Ho HC
AD  - National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan.
AD  - Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan.
FAU - Wang, Wei-Hsien
AU  - Wang WH
AD  - Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen 
      University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
FAU - Fang, Li-Sing
AU  - Fang LS
AD  - Departmentof Leisure and Sport Management, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, 
      Taiwan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20180411
PL  - United States
TA  - PLoS One
JT  - PloS one
JID - 101285081
RN  - 0 (Carbon Isotopes)
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Nitrogen Isotopes)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 4R7X1O2820 (Chlorine)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Antarctic Regions
MH  - Carbon Isotopes
MH  - Chlorine/chemistry
MH  - Diet
MH  - Ecosystem
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Fishes/*metabolism
MH  - Food Chain
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Invertebrates/*drug effects
MH  - Nitrogen Isotopes
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*analysis
MH  - Pesticides
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Tissue Distribution
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
PMC - PMC5894976
COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2018/04/12 06:00
MHDA- 2018/07/26 06:00
PMCR- 2018/04/11
CRDT- 2018/04/12 06:00
PHST- 2017/10/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/02/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/04/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/04/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/07/26 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/04/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - PONE-D-17-36502 [pii]
AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0194147 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - PLoS One. 2018 Apr 11;13(4):e0194147. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194147. 
      eCollection 2018.