PMID- 31926389
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200520
LR  - 20200520
IS  - 1873-6424 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 259
DP  - 2020 Apr
TI  - Influence of overwinter distribution on exposure to persistent organic pollutants 
      (POPs) in seabirds, ancient murrelets (Synthliboramphus antiquus), breeding on 
      the Pacific coast of Canada.
PG  - 113842
LID - S0269-7491(19)34500-2 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113842 [doi]
AB  - Assessing the fate of both legacy and newer persistent organic pollutants (POPs) 
      is an ongoing challenge. Top predators, including seabirds, are effective 
      monitors of POPs because they forage over a range of marine habitats, integrating 
      signals over space and time. However, migration patterns can make unravelling 
      contaminant sources, and potentially assessments of the effectiveness of 
      regulations, challenging if chemicals are acquired at distant sites. In 2014, we 
      fitted geolocators on ancient murrelets (Synthliboramphus antiqueus) at four 
      colonies on the Pacific Coast of Canada to obtain movement data throughout an 
      annual cycle. All birds underwent a post-breeding moult in the Bering Sea. Around 
      one-third then returned to overwinter on the British Columbia (BC) coast while 
      the rest migrated to overwinter in waters along the north Asian coast. Such a 
      stark difference in migration destination provided an opportunity to examine the 
      influence of wintering location on contaminant signals. In summer 2015, we 
      collected blood samples from returned geo-tagged birds and analyzed them for a 
      suite of contaminants, including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), non-PBDE 
      halogenated flame retardants, perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), organochlorines, 
      and mercury. Feathers were also collected and analyzed for stable isotopes 
      (delta(13)C, delta(15)N, and delta(34)S). We found no significant differences in blood 
      concentrations of any contaminant between murrelets from the two different 
      overwinter areas, a result that indicates relatively rapid clearance of POPs 
      accumulated during winter. Spatial variation in diet (i.e., delta(13)C) was 
      associated with both BDE-47 and -99 concentrations. However, individual variation 
      in trophic level had little influence on concentrations of any other examined 
      contaminants. Thus, blood from these murrelets is a good indicator of recent, 
      local contaminants, as most signals appear independent of overwintering location.
CI  - Crown Copyright (c) 2020. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Miller, Aroha
AU  - Miller A
AD  - Ecotoxicology and Wildlife Health Directorate, Environment and Climate Change 
      Canada, Delta, BC, Canada.
FAU - Elliott, John E
AU  - Elliott JE
AD  - Ecotoxicology and Wildlife Health Directorate, Environment and Climate Change 
      Canada, Delta, BC, Canada. Electronic address: john.elliott@canada.ca.
FAU - Wilson, Laurie K
AU  - Wilson LK
AD  - Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Delta, BC, 
      Canada.
FAU - Elliott, Kyle H
AU  - Elliott KH
AD  - McGill University, Montreal, QU, Canada.
FAU - Drouillard, Ken G
AU  - Drouillard KG
AD  - University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada.
FAU - Verreault, Jonathan
AU  - Verreault J
AD  - Universite du Quebec a Montreal, P.O. Box 8888, Succursale Centre-ville, 
      Montreal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada.
FAU - Lee, Sandi
AU  - Lee S
AD  - Ecotoxicology and Wildlife Health Directorate, Environment and Climate Change 
      Canada, Delta, BC, Canada.
FAU - Idrissi, Abde
AU  - Idrissi A
AD  - Ecotoxicology and Wildlife Health Directorate, Environment and Climate Change 
      Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20191227
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Animal Distribution
MH  - Animals
MH  - Birds
MH  - Breeding
MH  - British Columbia
MH  - *Environmental Exposure
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - *Environmental Pollutants/blood/metabolism
MH  - Pacific Ocean
MH  - Seasons
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Ancient murrelet
OT  - Environmental contaminants
OT  - Migration
OT  - North Pacific Ocean
OT  - Seabirds
EDAT- 2020/01/12 06:00
MHDA- 2020/05/21 06:00
CRDT- 2020/01/12 06:00
PHST- 2019/08/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/12/12 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/12/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/01/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/05/21 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/01/12 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0269-7491(19)34500-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113842 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2020 Apr;259:113842. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113842. Epub 2019 
      Dec 27.