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Organochlorine contaminants and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in eggs and embryos of Antarctic birds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2014

Fernanda I. Colabuono ,
Satie Taniguchi ,
Maria V. Petry  and
Rosalinda C. Montone
Fernanda I. Colabuono*
Affiliation:
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico, Laboratório de Química Orgânica Marinha, Pça. do Oceanográfico, 191, CEP 05508120, São Paulo, Brazil
Satie Taniguchi
Affiliation:
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico, Laboratório de Química Orgânica Marinha, Pça. do Oceanográfico, 191, CEP 05508120, São Paulo, Brazil
Maria V. Petry
Affiliation:
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Laboratório de Ornitologia e Animais Marinhos, Unisinos, 950, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, CEP 93022-000, Brazil
Rosalinda C. Montone
Affiliation:
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico, Laboratório de Química Orgânica Marinha, Pça. do Oceanográfico, 191, CEP 05508120, São Paulo, Brazil
*
[email protected]
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Abstract

Organochlorine contaminants (OCs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were investigated in the eggs of five bird species from the South Shetland Islands. Additionally, OCs and PBDEs were also analysed in embryos of two species. The concentration ranges in eggs were (ng g-1 wet weight) 2.11 to 541 for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), <0.25 to 0.88 for PBDEs, 2.45 to 405 for p,p’-DDE and 1.50 to 603 for mirex. The PCBs were predominant in the eggs of Macronectes giganteus, Catharacta antarctica and Larus dominicanus, whereas hexachlorobenzene (HCB) was the major compound found in the eggs of Pygoscelis antarcticus and Sterna vittata. The PBDE congeners were detected only in the eggs of C. antarctica (PBDE 47 and 153) and S. vittata (PBDE 47). There were differences in OC concentrations of up to two orders of magnitude between M. giganteus embryos which were related to the development stage and OC concentrations in the respective eggs. Trophic ecology and post-breeding dispersal exerted an influence on contaminant patterns. Comparisons with data from the literature indicate an increase in the concentrations of some OCs over recent years.

Keywords

Antarcticaorganic pollutantsseabirdsSouth Shetland Islands
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Biological Sciences
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Antarctic Science , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , August 2015 , pp. 355 - 361
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