PMID- 38056272
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20240208
LR  - 20240208
IS  - 1873-3336 (Electronic)
IS  - 0304-3894 (Linking)
VI  - 465
DP  - 2024 Mar 5
TI  - Sources of persistent organic pollutants and their physiological effects on 
      opportunistic urban gulls.
PG  - 133129
LID - S0304-3894(23)02413-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133129 [doi]
AB  - Urbanization is associated with drastic shifts in biodiversity. While some 
      species thrive in urban areas, the impact of inhabiting these human-altered 
      environments on organism physiology remains understudied. We investigated how 
      exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers 
      (PBDEs) affects the physiology of yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) 
      inhabiting a densely populated, industrialized city. We analyzed blood samples 
      from 50 gulls (20 immatures and 30 adults) and assessed 27 physiological 
      parameters and biomarkers related to xenobiotic protection, health, and feeding 
      habits in these same individuals. We also tracked the movements of 25 gulls (15 
      immatures and 10 adults) to identify potential sources of persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs). Both adult and immature gulls primarily inhabited urban areas, 
      followed by marine habitats. Immature gulls spent more time in freshwater, 
      landfills, and agricultural areas. Bioaccumulated SigmaPCB (median = 92.7 ng g(-1) 
      ww, 1.86-592) and SigmaPBDE (median = 1.44 ng g(-1) ww, 0.022-9.58) showed no 
      significant differences between age and sex groups. Notably, immature males 
      exhibited the highest correlations with POP concentrations, particularly with the 
      activity of carboxylesterases (CEs), suggesting a higher sensitivity than adults. 
      These findings highlight the potential of plasmatic CEs in immature yellow-legged 
      gulls as effective tracers of POPs exposure and effects, offering insights into 
      the anthropogenic impacts on urban biodiversity.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Nos, David
AU  - Nos D
AD  - Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM), CSIC, Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta, 
      37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: david.nos@icm.csic.es.
FAU - Montalvo, Tomas
AU  - Montalvo T
AD  - Agencia de Salut Publica de Barcelona, Pl. Lesseps, 1, 08023 Barcelona, Spain; 
      CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Institut 
      d'Investigacio Biomedica Sant Pau - IIB St. Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
FAU - Cortes-Francisco, Nuria
AU  - Cortes-Francisco N
AD  - Agencia de Salut Publica de Barcelona, Pl. Lesseps, 1, 08023 Barcelona, Spain; 
      CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Institut 
      d'Investigacio Biomedica Sant Pau - IIB St. Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
FAU - Figuerola, Jordi
AU  - Figuerola J
AD  - Estacion Biologica de Donana - CSIC, Avenida Americo Vespucio 26, 41092 Sevilla, 
      Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.
FAU - Aymi, Raul
AU  - Aymi R
AD  - Institut Catala d'Ornitologia, Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona, Pl. 
      Leonardo da Vinci, 4-5, 08019, Barcelona, Spain.
FAU - Gimenez, Joan
AU  - Gimenez J
AD  - Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM), CSIC, Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta, 
      37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
FAU - Sole, Montserrat
AU  - Sole M
AD  - Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM), CSIC, Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta, 
      37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
FAU - Navarro, Joan
AU  - Navarro J
AD  - Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM), CSIC, Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta, 
      37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231130
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Hazard Mater
JT  - Journal of hazardous materials
JID - 9422688
RN  - 0 (Persistent Organic Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Charadriiformes
MH  - Persistent Organic Pollutants
MH  - *Environmental Pollutants/analysis
MH  - *Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Ecosystem
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - B-esterases
OT  - Gulls
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
OT  - Pollution biomarkers
OT  - Spatial movements
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- 2023/12/07 00:42
MHDA- 2024/02/08 06:42
CRDT- 2023/12/06 18:11
PHST- 2023/09/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/11/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/11/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/02/08 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/12/07 00:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/12/06 18:11 [entrez]
AID - S0304-3894(23)02413-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133129 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Hazard Mater. 2024 Mar 5;465:133129. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133129. Epub 
      2023 Nov 30.