PMID- 32056639
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200409
LR  - 20200409
IS  - 1879-3363 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 151
DP  - 2020 Feb
TI  - Multi-year assessment (2006-2015) of persistent organic pollutant concentrations 
      in blubber and muscle from Western Arctic bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus), 
      North Slope, Alaska.
PG  - 110857
LID - S0025-326X(19)31013-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110857 [doi]
AB  - Blubber and muscle were collected from male bowhead whales (n = 71) landed near 
      Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska, between 2006 and 2015 and analyzed for lipid content 
      and concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in order to determine 
      levels and trends over the collection period. Collection year was a significant 
      predictor of blubber concentrations for most classes of POPs, while for a few 
      classes, animal length (proxy for age) was also a significant predictor. This is 
      the first report on levels of PBDEs in bowhead whales; concentrations of these 
      compounds are low (</=55 ng/g wet weight). Blubber concentrations were lower than 
      those reported in samples collected between 1992 and 2000, and many POP classes 
      in blubber declined significantly between 2006 and 2015. Concentrations of POPs 
      in bowhead whale tissues, which are subsistence foods for Native Alaskan 
      communities, appear to be declining at rates comparable with previously reported 
      temporal trends in Arctic biota.
CI  - Published by Elsevier Ltd.
FAU - Bolton, Jennie L
AU  - Bolton JL
AD  - Environmental and Fisheries Sciences Division, Northwest Fisheries Science 
      Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
      Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA. Electronic 
      address: jennie.bolton@noaa.gov.
FAU - Ylitalo, Gina M
AU  - Ylitalo GM
AD  - Environmental and Fisheries Sciences Division, Northwest Fisheries Science 
      Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
      Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA.
FAU - Chittaro, Paul
AU  - Chittaro P
AD  - Environmental and Fisheries Sciences Division, Northwest Fisheries Science 
      Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
      Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA.
FAU - George, J Craig
AU  - George JC
AD  - Department of Wildlife Management, North Slope Borough, Box 69, Utqiagvik 
      (Barrow), AK 99723, USA.
FAU - Suydam, Robert
AU  - Suydam R
AD  - Department of Wildlife Management, North Slope Borough, Box 69, Utqiagvik 
      (Barrow), AK 99723, USA.
FAU - Person, Brian T
AU  - Person BT
AD  - Department of Wildlife Management, North Slope Borough, Box 69, Utqiagvik 
      (Barrow), AK 99723, USA.
FAU - Gates, Jonelle B
AU  - Gates JB
AD  - Environmental and Fisheries Sciences Division, Northwest Fisheries Science 
      Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
      Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA.
FAU - Baugh, Keri A
AU  - Baugh KA
AD  - Environmental and Fisheries Sciences Division, Northwest Fisheries Science 
      Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
      Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA.
FAU - Sformo, Todd
AU  - Sformo T
AD  - Department of Wildlife Management, North Slope Borough, Box 69, Utqiagvik 
      (Barrow), AK 99723, USA; Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, 
      Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000, USA.
FAU - Stimmelmayr, Raphaela
AU  - Stimmelmayr R
AD  - Department of Wildlife Management, North Slope Borough, Box 69, Utqiagvik 
      (Barrow), AK 99723, USA; Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, 
      Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200129
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adipose Tissue/*metabolism
MH  - Alaska
MH  - Animals
MH  - Arctic Regions
MH  - Bowhead Whale/*metabolism
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Male
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*metabolism
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Alaska
OT  - Bowhead whale
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants
OT  - Temporal trends
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no potential conflicts of 
      interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this 
      article. Certain commercial equipment, instruments, or software are identified in 
      the paper in order to adequately specify the experimental procedure. Such 
      identification does not imply recommendation or endorsement by NOAA Fisheries, 
      nor does it imply the equipment is the best available for the purpose.
EDAT- 2020/02/15 06:00
MHDA- 2020/04/10 06:00
CRDT- 2020/02/15 06:00
PHST- 2019/09/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/12/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/12/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/02/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/02/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/04/10 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0025-326X(19)31013-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110857 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2020 Feb;151:110857. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110857. Epub 
      2020 Jan 29.