Pelagic vs coastal - Key drivers of pollutant levels in Barents Sea polar bears with contrasted space-use strategies
| Autor: | Rachel M. Jeffreys, Pierre Blévin, Magnus Andersen, Dorte Herzke, Jon Aars, Marianna Pinzone, Heli Routti, Camille de la Vega, Linda Hanssen, Erling S. Nordøy, Marie-Anne Blanchet |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Arctic Regions Seals Earless Stable isotope ratio Greenland Pelagic zone General Chemistry VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400 010501 environmental sciences Polychlorinated Biphenyls 01 natural sciences Isotopes of nitrogen Predation Oceanography Polybrominated diphenyl ethers Field metabolic rate Animals Environmental Chemistry Environmental science Environmental Pollutants Female Ursidae 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Trophic level VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400 |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Science and Technology (Washington) Environmental Science and Technology |
| Popis: | This document is the unedited Author’s version of a Submitted Work that was subsequently accepted for publication in Environmental Science and Technology, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b04626. In the Barents Sea, pelagic and coastal polar bears are facing various ecological challenges that may explain the difference in their pollutant levels. We measured polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers in fat, and perfluoroalkyl substances in plasma in pelagic and coastal adult female polar bears with similar body condition. We studied polar bear feeding habits with bulk stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen. Nitrogen isotopes of amino acids were used to investigate their trophic position. We studied energy expenditure by estimating field metabolic rate using telemetry data. Annual home range size was determined, and spatial gradients in pollutants were explored using latitude and longitude centroid positions of polar bears. Pollutant levels were measured in harp seals from the Greenland Sea and White Sea–Barents Sea as a proxy for a West–East gradient of pollutants in polar bear prey. We showed that pelagic bears had higher pollutant loads than coastal bears because (1) they feed on a higher proportion of marine and higher trophic level prey, (2) they have higher energy requirements and higher prey consumption, (3) they forage in the marginal ice zones, and (4) they feed on prey located closer to pollutant emission sources/transport pathways. |
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