Concentration of persistant organic pollutants and mercury in seabird eggs collected in Norway

doi:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.786563

Concentration of persistant organic pollutants and mercury in seabird eggs collected in Norway

The main objective of this study was to investigate possible temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and mercury in eggs of herring gulls (Larus argentatus), black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), common guillemots (Uria aalge) and Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) in Northern Norway. Eggs were collected in 1983, 1993 and 2003. Egg concentrations of POPs (PCB congeners IUPAC numbers: CB-28, 74, 66, 101, 99, 110, 149, 118, 153, 105, 141, 138, 187, 128, 156, 157, 180, 170, 194, 206, HCB, alph-HCH, beta-HCH, gamma-HCH, oxychlordane, trans-chlordane, cis-chlordane, trans-nonachlor, cis-nonachlor, p,p'-DDE, o,p'-DDD, p,p'-DDD, o,p'-DDT and p,p'-DDT) and mercury were quantified. Generally, POP levels decreased between 1983 and 2003 in all species. No significant temporal trend in mercury levels was found between 1983 and 2003.

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Helgason, Lisa Bjørnsdatter, Barrett, Rob, Lie, Elisabeth, Polder, Anuschka, Skaare, Janneche Utne, Gabrielsen, Geir W (2008). Dataset: Concentration of persistant organic pollutants and mercury in seabird eggs collected in Norway. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786563

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Field	Value
Imported on	November 30, 2024
Last update	November 30, 2024
License	CC-BY-3.0
Source	https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786563
Author	Helgason, Lisa Bjørnsdatter
Given Name	Lisa Bjørnsdatter
Family Name	Helgason
More Authors	Barrett, Rob Lie, Elisabeth Polder, Anuschka Skaare, Janneche Utne Gabrielsen, Geir W
Source Creation	2008
Publication Year	2008
Resource Type	application/zip - filename: Helgason_2008
Subject Areas	Name: Ecology
Related Identifiers	Title: Levels and temporal trends (1983-2003) of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and mercury (Hg) in seabird eggs from northern Norway Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.022 Type: DOI Relation: IsSupplementTo Year: 2008 Source: Environmental Pollution Authors: Helgason Lisa Bjørnsdatter , Barrett Rob , Lie Elisabeth , Polder Anuschka , Skaare Janneche Utne , Gabrielsen Geir W .