PMID- 30782539
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20191206
LR  - 20191217
IS  - 1096-0953 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-9351 (Linking)
VI  - 172
DP  - 2019 May
TI  - Levels and temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Atlantic 
      cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) from the southern 
      Barents Sea.
PG  - 89-97
LID - S0013-9351(19)30082-9 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envres.2019.02.008 [doi]
AB  - Liver samples of two gadoid species, Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock 
      (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), sampled in the southern Barents Sea in the period 
      1992-2015, were studied for the levels of six types of persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs): polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chlorinated organic 
      pesticides (DDTs, hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), 
      trans-nonachlor (TNC)), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). Higher 
      average levels were found in cod than in haddock. Sampling approximately every 
      third year allowed studies of temporal trends for all the compound groups except 
      PBDEs. Time series are reported for 1992-2015 for Atlantic cod and for 1998-2015 
      for haddock. Decreasing temporal trends have been modeled in cod for the analyzed 
      POPs for this time period. The decrease seems to be slowing down in the later 
      years. HCB levels showed least decrease with time among all the contaminants, 
      with the poorest fit to the proposed model. Similar time trends were found in 
      haddock, but the decrease is less apparent due to shorter time series. The 
      observed time trends of legacy POPs document the effectiveness of efforts during 
      the 1990s to reduce the levels of these contaminants in the marine environment 
      but question the possibility to eliminate them altogether from the marine 
      environment in the foreseeable future.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Boitsov, Stepan
AU  - Boitsov S
AD  - Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway. 
      Electronic address: stepan.boitsov@hi.no.
FAU - Grosvik, Bjorn Einar
AU  - Grosvik BE
AD  - Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway.
FAU - Nesje, Guri
AU  - Nesje G
AD  - Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway.
FAU - Malde, Ketil
AU  - Malde K
AD  - Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway.
FAU - Klungsoyr, Jarle
AU  - Klungsoyr J
AD  - Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20190208
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Res
JT  - Environmental research
JID - 0147621
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Aromatic)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - *Gadiformes/metabolism
MH  - *Gadus morhua/metabolism
MH  - *Hydrocarbons, Aromatic/analysis/metabolism
MH  - Oceans and Seas
MH  - Seafood/analysis
MH  - Seasons
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis/metabolism
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Atlantic cod
OT  - Barents Sea
OT  - Haddock
OT  - Liver
OT  - POPs
OT  - Temporal trends
EDAT- 2019/02/21 06:00
MHDA- 2019/12/18 06:00
CRDT- 2019/02/21 06:00
PHST- 2018/10/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/01/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/02/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/02/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/12/18 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/02/21 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0013-9351(19)30082-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envres.2019.02.008 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Res. 2019 May;172:89-97. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.02.008. Epub 2019 Feb 
      8.