Title
Persistent organic pollutants in sediments, intertidal crabs, and the threatened Olrog's gull in a northern Patagonia salt marsh, Argentina
Author(s)
Commendatore, M.;Yorio, P.;Scenna, L.;Ondarza, P. M.;Suarez, N.;Marinao, C.;Miglioranza, K. S. B.
Published
2018
Publisher
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Abstract
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are of great concern for the environment. In this study we (a) determine levels and distribution of OCPs, PCBs, and PBDEs in sediments and two crab species (Neohelice granulata and Cyrtograpsus altimanus), (b) assess bioaccumulation in crabs, and (c) explore the occurrence of POPs in the Near Threatened Olrog's gull (Larus atlanticus) chicks and eggs in one of the most important salt marsh environments in the South West Atlantic. Sediments, crabs, and gull chicks and eggs showed POPs presence at low levels; being alpha-endosulfan, PCB-153, and BDE-47 the most represented compounds. In sediments, pollutant concentrations were lower than those reported in Canadian guidelines for the protection of the aquatic life. POP bioaccumulation was recorded in crabs, suggesting a risk to upper trophic level predators. Further studies are needed to understand the trophic effects of POPs in San Bias bay, particularly on the threatened Olrog's gull.
Keywords
POPs;Bioaccumulation;Sediments;Crabs;Olrog's gulls;South Atlantic;marshes;polybrominated diphenyl ethers;polychlorinated-biphenyls pcbs;stable-isotope analysis;carp cyprinus-carpio;negro river-basin;organochlorine pesticides;chasmagnathus-granulata;geographical-distribution;estuarine sediments;flame retardants
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