PMID- 32311628 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201120 LR - 20201120 IS - 1873-6750 (Electronic) IS - 0160-4120 (Linking) VI - 139 DP - 2020 Jun TI - Health effects from contaminant exposure in Baltic Sea birds and marine mammals: A review. PG - 105725 LID - S0160-4120(19)33636-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105725 [doi] AB - Here we review contaminant exposure and related health effects in six selected Baltic key species. Sentinel species included are common eider, white-tailed eagle, harbour porpoise, harbour seal, ringed seal and grey seal. The review represents the first attempt of summarizing available information and baseline data for these biomonitoring key species exposed to industrial hazardous substances focusing on anthropogenic persistent organic pollutants (POPs). There was only limited information available for white-tailed eagles and common eider while extensive information exist on POP exposure and health effects in the four marine mammal species. Here we report organ-tissue endpoints (pathologies) and multiple biomarkers used to evaluate health and exposure of key species to POPs, respectively, over the past several decades during which episodes of significant population declines have been reported. Our review shows that POP exposure affects the reproductive system and survival through immune suppression and endocrine disruption, which have led to population-level effects on seals and white-tailed eagles in the Baltic. It is notable that many legacy contaminants, which have been banned for decades, still appear to affect Baltic wildlife. With respect to common eiders, changes in food composition, quality and contaminant exposure seem to have population effects which need to be investigated further, especially during the incubation period where the birds fast. Since new industrial contaminants continuously leak into the environment, we recommend continued monitoring of them in sentinel species in the Baltic, identifying possible effects linked to climate change, and modelling of population level effects of contaminants and climate change. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. FAU - Sonne, Christian AU - Sonne C AD - Department of Bioscience, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Frederiksborgvej 399, PO Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark; Henan Province Engineering Research Center for Biomass Value-added Products, School of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou CN-450002, China. Electronic address: cs@bios.au.dk. FAU - Siebert, Ursula AU - Siebert U AD - Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Werftstr. 6, 25761 Busum, Germany. Electronic address: Ursula.siebert@tiho-hannover.de. FAU - Gonnsen, Katharina AU - Gonnsen K AD - Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Werftstr. 6, 25761 Busum, Germany. Electronic address: Katharina.Gonnsen@tiho-hannover.de. FAU - Desforges, Jean-Pierre AU - Desforges JP AD - Department of Bioscience, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Frederiksborgvej 399, PO Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. Electronic address: jpd@bios.au.dk. FAU - Eulaers, Igor AU - Eulaers I AD - Department of Bioscience, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Frederiksborgvej 399, PO Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. Electronic address: ie@bios.au.dk. FAU - Persson, Sara AU - Persson S AD - Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Environmental Research and Monitoring, Frescativagen 40, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: sara.persson@nrm.se. FAU - Roos, Anna AU - Roos A AD - Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Environmental Research and Monitoring, Frescativagen 40, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: anna.roos@nrm.se. FAU - Backlin, Britt-Marie AU - Backlin BM AD - Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Environmental Research and Monitoring, Frescativagen 40, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: britt-marie.backlin@nrm.se. FAU - Kauhala, Kaarina AU - Kauhala K AD - Natural Resources Institute Finland, Luke. Itainen Pitkakatu 4 A, FI-20520 Turku, Finland. Electronic address: kaarina.kauhala@luke.fi. FAU - Tange Olsen, Morten AU - Tange Olsen M AD - Evolutionary Genomics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Oster Voldgade 5-7, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Electronic address: morten.olsen@bio.ku.dk. FAU - Harding, Karin C AU - Harding KC AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 463, 25 SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden. Electronic address: karin.harding@bioenv.gu.se. FAU - Treu, Gabriele AU - Treu G AD - German Environment Agency, Section Chemicals, Worlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany. Electronic address: Gabriele.Treu@uba.de. FAU - Galatius, Anders AU - Galatius A AD - Department of Bioscience, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Frederiksborgvej 399, PO Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. Electronic address: agj@bios.au.dk. FAU - Andersen-Ranberg, Emilie AU - Andersen-Ranberg E AD - Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health, Dyrlaegevej 16, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. Electronic address: emilie.ranberg@sund.ku.dk. FAU - Gross, Stephanie AU - Gross S AD - Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Werftstr. 6, 25761 Busum, Germany. Electronic address: Stephanie.gross@tiho-hannover.de. FAU - Lakemeyer, Jan AU - Lakemeyer J AD - Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Werftstr. 6, 25761 Busum, Germany. Electronic address: Jan.Helge.Carl.Lakemeyer@tiho-hannover.de. FAU - Lehnert, Kristina AU - Lehnert K AD - Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Werftstr. 6, 25761 Busum, Germany. Electronic address: Kristina.Lehnert@tiho-hannover.de. FAU - Lam, Su Shiung AU - Lam SS AD - Henan Province Engineering Research Center for Biomass Value-added Products, School of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou CN-450002, China; Pyrolysis Technology Research Group, Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (Akuatrop) & Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (Bio-D Tropika), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, MY-21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia. Electronic address: lam@umt.edu.my. FAU - Peng, Wanxi AU - Peng W AD - Henan Province Engineering Research Center for Biomass Value-added Products, School of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou CN-450002, China. FAU - Dietz, Rune AU - Dietz R AD - Department of Bioscience, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Frederiksborgvej 399, PO Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. Electronic address: rdi@bios.au.dk. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20200417 PL - Netherlands TA - Environ Int JT - Environment international JID - 7807270 RN - 0 (Environmental Pollutants) RN - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cetacea MH - *Eagles MH - Environmental Monitoring MH - *Environmental Pollutants/analysis/toxicity MH - *Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis MH - *Seals, Earless OTO - NOTNLM OT - Baltic Sea OT - Biological effects OT - Contaminants OT - Exposure OT - OCP OT - Organochlorine pesticides OT - PCBs OT - POPs OT - Persistent organic pollutants OT - Polychlorinated biphenyls COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2020/04/21 06:00 MHDA- 2020/11/21 06:00 CRDT- 2020/04/21 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/03/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/04/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/04/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/11/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/04/21 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0160-4120(19)33636-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105725 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Int. 2020 Jun;139:105725. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105725. Epub 2020 Apr 17.