PMID- 32129610
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200617
LR  - 20200617
IS  - 1520-5851 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-936X (Print)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 54
IP  - 7
DP  - 2020 Apr 7
TI  - Implications of Trophic Variability for Modeling Biomagnification of POPs in 
      Marine Food Webs in the Svalbard Archipelago.
PG  - 4026-4035
LID - 10.1021/acs.est.9b06666 [doi]
AB  - The occurrence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Arctic has been of 
      constant concern, as these chemicals cause reproductive effects and mortality in 
      organisms. The Arctic acts as a chemical sink, which makes this system an 
      interesting case for bioaccumulation studies. However, as conducting empirical 
      studies for all Arctic species and POPs individually is unfeasible, in silico 
      methods have been developed. Existing bioaccumulation models are predominately 
      validated for temperate food chains, and do not account for a large variation in 
      trophic levels. This study applies Monte Carlo simulations to account for 
      variability in trophic ecology on Svalbard when predicting bioaccumulation of 
      POPs using the optimal modeling for ecotoxicological applications (OMEGA) 
      bioaccumulation model. Trophic magnification factors (TMFs) were calculated 
      accordingly. Comparing our model results with monitored POP residues in biota 
      revealed that, on average, all predictions fell within a factor 6 of the 
      monitored POP residues in biota. Trophic variability did not affect model 
      performance tremendously, with up to a 25% variability in performance metrics. To 
      our knowledge, we were the first to include trophic variability in predicting 
      biomagnification in Arctic ecosystems using a mechanistic biomagnification model. 
      However, considerable amounts of data are required to quantify the implications 
      of trophic variability on biomagnification of POPs in Arctic food webs.
FAU - Hoondert, Renske P J
AU  - Hoondert RPJ
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6990-9851
AD  - Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, 
      Faculty of Science, Radboud University, P.O. Box 9010, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 
      AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
FAU - van den Brink, Nico W
AU  - van den Brink NW
AD  - Division of Toxicology, Wageningen University, Box 8000, 6700 EA Wageningen, The 
      Netherlands.
FAU - van den Heuvel-Greve, Martine J
AU  - van den Heuvel-Greve MJ
AD  - Wageningen Marine Research, P.O. Box 77, 4400 AB Yerseke, The Netherlands.
FAU - Ragas, AdM J
AU  - Ragas AJ
AD  - Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, 
      Faculty of Science, Radboud University, P.O. Box 9010, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 
      AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
AD  - Faculty of Management, Science and Technology, Open University, P.O. Box 2960, 
      6401 DL Heerlen, The Netherlands.
FAU - Jan Hendriks, A
AU  - Jan Hendriks A
AD  - Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, 
      Faculty of Science, Radboud University, P.O. Box 9010, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 
      AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20200313
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Arctic Regions
MH  - Bioaccumulation
MH  - Ecosystem
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - *Environmental Pollutants
MH  - Fishes
MH  - Food Chain
MH  - Svalbard
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical
PMC - PMC7144221
COIS- The authors declare no competing financial interest.
EDAT- 2020/03/05 06:00
MHDA- 2020/06/18 06:00
PMCR- 2020/04/09
CRDT- 2020/03/05 06:00
PHST- 2020/03/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/06/18 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/03/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/04/09 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1021/acs.est.9b06666 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2020 Apr 7;54(7):4026-4035. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b06666. 
      Epub 2020 Mar 13.