Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale?
Large-scale international monitoring studies are important to assess emission patterns and environmental distributions of organohalogenated contaminants (OHCs) on a worldwide scale. In this study, the presence of OHCs was investigated on three continents (Europe, North America and Australasia), usin...
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| author | Marcel Eens Veerle L.B. Jaspers Evi Van den Steen Melissa Bateson Claudio Carere Philippe Clergeau David Costantini Zdravko Dolenec John E. Elliott John Flux Helga Gwinner Richard S. Halbrook Philipp Heeb Tomasz D. Mazgajski Arne Moksnes Vicente Polo Juan José Soler Ron Sinclair José P. Veiga Tony D. Williams Adrian Covaci Rianne Pinxten |
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| description | Large-scale international monitoring studies are important to assess emission patterns and environmental distributions of organohalogenated contaminants (OHCs) on a worldwide scale. In this study, the presence of OHCs was investigated on three continents (Europe, North America and Australasia), using eggs of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris and Sturnus unicolor) to assess their suitability for large-scale monitoring studies. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study using bird eggs of the same species as a biomonitor for OHCs on an intercontinental scale. We found significant differences in OHC concentrations of the eggs among sampling locations, except for hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs). Mean concentrations of sum polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in eggs ranged from 78±26 ng/g lipid weight (lw) in Australia to 2900±1300 ng/g lw in the United States. The PCB profile was dominated by CB 153 and CB 138 in all locations, except for New Zealand, where the contribution of CB 95, CB 101 and CB 149 was also high. The highest mean sum polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) concentrations were found in Canada (4400±830 ng/g lw), while the lowest mean PBDE concentrations were measured in Spain (3.7±0.1 ng/g lw). The PBDE profile in starling eggs was dominated by BDE 47 and BDE 99 in all countries, but in Belgium, the higher brominated PBDEs had a higher contribution compared to other countries. For the organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs) ranged from 110±16 ng/g lw in France to 17,000±3400 ng/g lw in New Zealand, while HCHs and hexachlorobenzene were generally in low concentrations in all sampling locations. Chlordanes were remarkably high in eggs from the United States (2500±1300 ng/g lw). The OCP profile in all countries was largely dominated by p,p′-DDE. In general, the worldwide trends we observed in starling eggs were in accordance with the literature on human and environmental OHC data, which suggests that there is potential for using starling eggs as a biomonitoring tool on a large geographical scale. Keywords: Polychlorinated biphenyls, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, Organochlorine pesticides, Biomonitoring, Sturnus, Birds |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a577110d6e7468ca33c50a68bba8d382022-12-21T23:55:31ZengElsevierEnvironment International0160-41202013-01-0151141149Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale?Marcel Eens0Veerle L.B. Jaspers1Evi Van den Steen2Melissa Bateson3Claudio Carere4Philippe Clergeau5David Costantini6Zdravko Dolenec7John E. Elliott8John Flux9Helga Gwinner10Richard S. Halbrook11Philipp Heeb12Tomasz D. Mazgajski13Arne Moksnes14Vicente Polo15Juan José Soler16Ron Sinclair17José P. Veiga18Tony D. Williams19Adrian Covaci20Rianne Pinxten21Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium; Corresponding author at: Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp (Campus Drie Eiken), Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Tel.: +32 3 265 22 84; fax: +32 3 265 22 71.Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, BelgiumLaboratory of Ethology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, BelgiumCentre for Behaviour and Evolution, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, UKDepartment of Ecological and Biological Sciences Centro Ittiogenico Sperimentale Marino, Università degli Studi della Tuscia Borgo Le Saline 01016 Tarquinia (Vt), ItalyMuséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département d'Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR 7204, 55 Rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, FranceInsitute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, School of Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UKDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaScience and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Delta, British Columbia, Canada V4K 3N2Ecological Research Associates NZ, 230 Hill Road, Belmont, Lower Hutt, New ZealandDepartment of Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, Max-Planck Institute for Ornithology, 82319 Seewiesen, GermanyCooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University, 1125 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901, USALaboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB) UMR 5174, École Nationale de Formation Agronomique (ENFA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) — Université Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, FranceMuseum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Realfagbygget, 7491 Trondheim, NorwayDepartamento de Biología y Geología, Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, SpainEstación Experimental de Zonas Aridas (EEZA-CSIC), Ctra. Sacramento S/N, La Cañada de San Urbano, E-04120 Almería, SpainNRM Biosecurity Unit, Biosecurity SA, GPO Box 1671, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, AustraliaMuseo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Madrid, SpainCenter for Wildlife Ecology, Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada V5A1S6Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, BelgiumLaboratory of Ethology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, BelgiumLarge-scale international monitoring studies are important to assess emission patterns and environmental distributions of organohalogenated contaminants (OHCs) on a worldwide scale. In this study, the presence of OHCs was investigated on three continents (Europe, North America and Australasia), using eggs of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris and Sturnus unicolor) to assess their suitability for large-scale monitoring studies. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study using bird eggs of the same species as a biomonitor for OHCs on an intercontinental scale. We found significant differences in OHC concentrations of the eggs among sampling locations, except for hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs). Mean concentrations of sum polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in eggs ranged from 78±26 ng/g lipid weight (lw) in Australia to 2900±1300 ng/g lw in the United States. The PCB profile was dominated by CB 153 and CB 138 in all locations, except for New Zealand, where the contribution of CB 95, CB 101 and CB 149 was also high. The highest mean sum polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) concentrations were found in Canada (4400±830 ng/g lw), while the lowest mean PBDE concentrations were measured in Spain (3.7±0.1 ng/g lw). The PBDE profile in starling eggs was dominated by BDE 47 and BDE 99 in all countries, but in Belgium, the higher brominated PBDEs had a higher contribution compared to other countries. For the organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs) ranged from 110±16 ng/g lw in France to 17,000±3400 ng/g lw in New Zealand, while HCHs and hexachlorobenzene were generally in low concentrations in all sampling locations. Chlordanes were remarkably high in eggs from the United States (2500±1300 ng/g lw). The OCP profile in all countries was largely dominated by p,p′-DDE. In general, the worldwide trends we observed in starling eggs were in accordance with the literature on human and environmental OHC data, which suggests that there is potential for using starling eggs as a biomonitoring tool on a large geographical scale. Keywords: Polychlorinated biphenyls, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, Organochlorine pesticides, Biomonitoring, Sturnus, Birdshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412012002401 |
| spellingShingle | Marcel Eens Veerle L.B. Jaspers Evi Van den Steen Melissa Bateson Claudio Carere Philippe Clergeau David Costantini Zdravko Dolenec John E. Elliott John Flux Helga Gwinner Richard S. Halbrook Philipp Heeb Tomasz D. Mazgajski Arne Moksnes Vicente Polo Juan José Soler Ron Sinclair José P. Veiga Tony D. Williams Adrian Covaci Rianne Pinxten Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale? Environment International |
| title | Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale? |
| title_full | Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale? |
| title_fullStr | Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale? |
| title_short | Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale? |
| title_sort | can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412012002401 |
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