(Table 1) Enantiomer fractions of egg yolk and plasma samples from Svalbard glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus)

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Autores principales: Ross, Matthew S, Verreault, Jonathan, Letcher, Robert J, Gabrielsen, Geir W, Wong, Charles S
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author Ross, Matthew S
Verreault, Jonathan
Letcher, Robert J
Gabrielsen, Geir W
Wong, Charles S
author_facet Ross, Matthew S
Verreault, Jonathan
Letcher, Robert J
Gabrielsen, Geir W
Wong, Charles S
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) and their eggs from Svalbard (Norwegian Arctic) have been used as biomonitors of contaminants in the marine environment. In this study, the enantiomer fractions (EFs) of chiral chlordanes and atropisomeric polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners were determined in the blood plasma of adult male and female glaucous gulls from three breeding colonies in Svalbard. Plasma EFs were similar in magnitude and direction to EFs previously reported in glaucous gulls from other arctic food webs, suggesting overall similarities in the biochemical processes influencing the EFs of bioaccumulated organochlorine (OC) contaminants within the food webs at those locations. Additionally, EFs in yolk of eggs collected concurrently from within the same nesting colonies varied with location, laying date, and OC concentrations, and may be influenced by changes in the local feeding ecology between those colonies. No differences were found between the EFs for any analyte in female gulls compared to those found in egg yolk, indicating that processes involved in the maternal transfer of chlordanes and PCBs to eggs do not modulate the stereochemical ratio between enantiomers. Therefore, the use of eggs as a valuable and noninvasive means of OC biomonitoring may also extend to enantiomer compositions in glaucous gulls, and perhaps also in other seabird species from arctic regions.
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spellingShingle (Table 1) Enantiomer fractions of egg yolk and plasma samples from Svalbard glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus)
Ross, Matthew S
Verreault, Jonathan
Letcher, Robert J
Gabrielsen, Geir W
Wong, Charles S
Bear Island; Bjørnøya; Bjørnøya, Svalbard archipelago, Norway; DATE/TIME; Date/time end; Enantiomer fraction; Event label; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; MULT; Multiple investigations; Sample amount, subset; Sample type; Species; Standard deviation
Glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) and their eggs from Svalbard (Norwegian Arctic) have been used as biomonitors of contaminants in the marine environment. In this study, the enantiomer fractions (EFs) of chiral chlordanes and atropisomeric polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners were determined in the blood plasma of adult male and female glaucous gulls from three breeding colonies in Svalbard. Plasma EFs were similar in magnitude and direction to EFs previously reported in glaucous gulls from other arctic food webs, suggesting overall similarities in the biochemical processes influencing the EFs of bioaccumulated organochlorine (OC) contaminants within the food webs at those locations. Additionally, EFs in yolk of eggs collected concurrently from within the same nesting colonies varied with location, laying date, and OC concentrations, and may be influenced by changes in the local feeding ecology between those colonies. No differences were found between the EFs for any analyte in female gulls compared to those found in egg yolk, indicating that processes involved in the maternal transfer of chlordanes and PCBs to eggs do not modulate the stereochemical ratio between enantiomers. Therefore, the use of eggs as a valuable and noninvasive means of OC biomonitoring may also extend to enantiomer compositions in glaucous gulls, and perhaps also in other seabird species from arctic regions.
title (Table 1) Enantiomer fractions of egg yolk and plasma samples from Svalbard glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus)
topic Bear Island; Bjørnøya; Bjørnøya, Svalbard archipelago, Norway; DATE/TIME; Date/time end; Enantiomer fraction; Event label; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; MULT; Multiple investigations; Sample amount, subset; Sample type; Species; Standard deviation
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819392