CORSOLINI, Simonetta, Karla Andrea POZO and Jorgen S. CHRISTIANSEN. Legacy and emergent POPs in the marine fauna of NE Greenland with special emphasis on the Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus. RENDICONTI LINCEI-SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI. MILAN: SPRINGER-VERLAG ITALIA SRL, 2016, vol. 27, September, p. 201-206. ISSN 2037-4631. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12210-016-0541-7.
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Original name Legacy and emergent POPs in the marine fauna of NE Greenland with special emphasis on the Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus
Authors CORSOLINI, Simonetta (380 Italy), Karla Andrea POZO (380 Italy, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jorgen S. CHRISTIANSEN (578 Norway).
Edition RENDICONTI LINCEI-SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI, MILAN, SPRINGER-VERLAG ITALIA SRL, 2016, 2037-4631.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30304 Public and environmental health
Country of publisher Italy
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 0.693
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/16:00093465
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12210-016-0541-7
UT WoS 000382669200021
Keywords in English PFOS/PFOA; PCBs; PBDEs; BMFs; Greenland sea; Greenland shark
Tags AKR, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Persistent organic pollutants include several groups of chemicals with similar structures and physical-chemical properties that elicit comparable toxic effects. They have been used extensively worldwide in agriculture, industrial, and health applications. Their degradation is very slow in the polar regions due to the low temperatures and winter darkness. The aims of this study were to determine the concentrations of polychlorobyphenils (PCBs), polybromodiphenylethers (PBDEs), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in the Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) and other marine fishes and invertebrates from NE Greenland. The concentration increases were assessed by calculating the biomagnification factor (BMF) among pairs of alleged predator-prey organisms. PFOS were < LOD-1.28 ng/g wet wt and the PFOA ranged < LOD-14.46 ng/g wet wt. BDE47 made up most of the residue in the shark, while BDE-99 and -100 were major contributors to the I PBDEs pound in the other species of fish and invertebrates. Only PCBs 28, 52, 95, 101, 99, and 138 were found in the invertebrates and fish and their sum was higher in the Greenland shark muscle (18.26 ng/g wet wt) > Careproctus reinhardti (5.02 ng/g wet wt) > stomach content of Amblyraja hyperborea (1.4454 ng/g wet wt) > Boreogadus saida (0.355 ng/g wet wt). The higher contaminant biomagnification was found in the predator -> prey pairs: shark -> invertebrates (BMF_I 6PCBs pound = 75-88672, BMF_I 3PBDEs pound = 14-124), shark -> A. hyperborea -> preys, according to their diets. Ecotoxicological baseline data on marine wildlife in NE Greenland are particularly important due to the risk of prospect petroleum activities.
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