PMID- 36157344
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220928
IS  - 2666-4984 (Electronic)
IS  - 2096-9643 (Print)
IS  - 2666-4984 (Linking)
VI  - 12
DP  - 2022 Oct
TI  - Co-contaminants of microplastics in two seabird species from the Canadian Arctic.
PG  - 100189
LID - 10.1016/j.ese.2022.100189 [doi]
LID - 100189
AB  - Through ingestion and subsequent egestion, Arctic seabirds can bioaccumulate 
      microplastics at and around their colony breeding sites. While microplastics in 
      Arctic seabirds have been well documented, it is not yet understood to what 
      extent these particles can act as transport vehicles for plastic-associated 
      contaminants, including legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs), trace 
      metals, and organic additives. We investigated the occurrence and pattern of 
      organic and inorganic co-contaminants of microplastics in two seabird species 
      from the Canadian Arctic - northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) and black-legged 
      kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla). We found that fulmars had higher levels of plastic 
      contamination and emerging organic compounds (known to be plastic additives) than 
      kittiwakes, whereas higher concentrations of legacy POPs were found in kittiwakes 
      than the fulmars. Furthermore, fulmars, the species with the much larger foraging 
      range ( approximately 200 km), had higher plastic pollution and overall contaminant burdens, 
      indicating that birds may be acting as long-range transport vectors for 
      plastic-associated pollution. Our results suggest a potential connection between 
      plastic additive contamination and plastic pollution burdens in the bird 
      stomachs, highlighting the importance of treating plastic particles and 
      plastic-associated organic additives as co-contaminants rather than separate 
      pollution issues.
CI  - (c) 2022 The Authors.
FAU - Suhring, Roxana
AU  - Suhring R
AD  - Department of Chemistry and Biology, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly 
      known as Ryerson University), 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada.
FAU - Baak, Julia E
AU  - Baak JE
AD  - Department of Natural Resource Science, McGill University, Sainte Anne de 
      Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada.
FAU - Letcher, Robert J
AU  - Letcher RJ
AD  - Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, 
      Carleton University, Raven Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0H3, Canada.
FAU - Braune, Birgit M
AU  - Braune BM
AD  - Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, 
      Carleton University, Raven Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0H3, Canada.
FAU - de Silva, Amila
AU  - de Silva A
AD  - Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 
      Burlington, Ontario, L7S 1A1, Canada.
FAU - Dey, Cody
AU  - Dey C
AD  - Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, 
      Carleton University, Raven Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0H3, Canada.
FAU - Fernie, Kim
AU  - Fernie K
AD  - Ecotoxicology & Wildlife Health Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 
      Burlington, Ontario, L7S 1A1, Canada.
FAU - Lu, Zhe
AU  - Lu Z
AD  - Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski, Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, 
      Rimouski, Quebec, G5L 3A1, Canada.
FAU - Mallory, Mark L
AU  - Mallory ML
AD  - Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, 
      Canada.
FAU - Avery-Gomm, Stephanie
AU  - Avery-Gomm S
AD  - Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, 
      Carleton University, Raven Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0H3, Canada.
FAU - Provencher, Jennifer F
AU  - Provencher JF
AD  - Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, 
      Carleton University, Raven Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0H3, Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220602
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Sci Ecotechnol
JT  - Environmental science and ecotechnology
JID - 9918453988906676
PMC - PMC9500368
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Arctic
OT  - Contaminants of emerging arctic concern
OT  - OPEs
OT  - PBDEs
OT  - PFAS
OT  - Plastic contaminants
OT  - Seabirds
OT  - Trace metals
COIS- 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- 2022/09/27 06:00
MHDA- 2022/09/27 06:01
PMCR- 2022/06/02
CRDT- 2022/09/26 17:07
PHST- 2022/03/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/05/25 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/05/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/09/26 17:07 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/09/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/09/27 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/06/02 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2666-4984(22)00045-X [pii]
AID - 100189 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ese.2022.100189 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Environ Sci Ecotechnol. 2022 Jun 2;12:100189. doi: 10.1016/j.ese.2022.100189. 
      eCollection 2022 Oct.