Hexabromocyclododecane contamination of herring gulls in the coastal area of the southern Baltic Sea
| Autor: | Agnieszka Grajewska, Andrzej R. Reindl, Lucyna Falkowska |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
Hexabromocyclododecane 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Ecology (disciplines) 010501 environmental sciences Contamination Oceanography 01 natural sciences Fishery chemistry.chemical_compound Herring Geography Baltic sea chemistry 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies. 49:147-156 |
| ISSN: | 1897-3191 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/ohs-2020-0014 |
| Popis: | Muscles and livers of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) found in the coastal area of the southern Baltic Sea were tested for the presence of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) isomers. They were detected in the muscles (ΣHBCD = 42.82 ± 30.65 ng g−1 l.w.) and livers (ΣHBCD = 65.51±27.96 ng g−1 l.w.) of all examined gulls. The α-HBCD isomer dominates in all types of samples. Our study has shown that bodies of gulls are less contaminated with HBCD than bodies of aquatic birds from other regions of the world. There was no clear correlation between HBCD concentrations and sex and age of birds. Nevertheless, it was indicated that the highest concentrations of HBCD and the α-HBCD isomer were found in the livers of immature females (mean = 89.31 ± 21.63 ng g−1 l.w. and mean = 76.72±24.54 ng g−1 l.w., respectively). The highest liver sequestration rates of the α-HBCD isomer were found in both adult and immature males (mean = 7.7 ± 13.7 and mean = 6.2 ± 11.9, respectively). |
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