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dc.contributor.authorBouwman, Hindrik
dc.contributor.authorKylin, H.
dc.contributor.authorTatayah, Vikash
dc.contributor.authorChoong Kwet Yive, Nee Sun
dc.contributor.authorLøken, Katharina
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-22T06:33:23Z
dc.date.available2014-01-22T06:33:23Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationBouwman, H. et al. 2012. First report of chlorinated and brominated hydrocarbon pollutants in marine bird eggs from an oceanic Indian Ocean island. Environmental research, 118:53-64. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2012.05.009]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0013-9351
dc.identifier.issn1096-0953
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/9978
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2012.05.009
dc.description.abstractWe report for the first time levels of persistent organic pollutants in marine bird eggs from an oceanic island in the Indian Ocean, the world's third largest ocean. Ten eggs each of the Common Noddy, also known as the Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus), and Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) were collected from Ile Cocos off the coast of the island of Rodrigues, located 560 km east of the island of Mauritius. ΣPCBs had the highest levels (2.2 and 2.6 ng/g wm, wet mass; 20 and 19 ng/g lm, lipid mass) for common Noddy and Sooty Tern, respectively (and following), then ΣDDT (1.9 and 3.1 ng/g wm; 17 and 23 ng/g lm), and mirex (0.96 and 0.69 ng/g wm; 8.7 and 5.0 ng/g lm). ΣChlordanes (0.094 and 0.15 ng/g wm; 0.48 and 0.73 ng/g lm) and Σtoxaphenes (0.26 and 0.61 ng/g wm; 2.4 and 5.9 ng/g lm) are rare data for these compounds from this ocean. Brominated flame retardants were low (0.08 and 0.07 ng/g wm; 0.7 and 0.7 ng/g lm). Multivariate analyses indicated different contamination patterns in the prey items as Sooty Terns had significantly higher levels of mean Σchlordanes and Σtoxaphenes, as well as CB105, -108 and -157. p,p′-DDE had an association with thinner eggshells in the Sooty Tern. Although the contaminant levels were in all respects low, industrialisation, development on the periphery, commercial exploitation of the marine environment, and pollutants transferred over long distances by marine debris is likely to add to chemical pressure in this region. Monitoring changes in background levels of pollutants in remote regions will indicate such trends, and marine bird eggs from Rodrigues would be an excellent site.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2012.05.009
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectMauritiusen_US
dc.subjectRodriguesen_US
dc.subjectCommon Noddyen_US
dc.subjectSooty Ternen_US
dc.subjectPBDEen_US
dc.subjectDDTen_US
dc.subjecteggshell thicknessen_US
dc.titleFirst report of chlorinated and brominated hydrocarbon pollutants in marine bird eggs from an oceanic Indian Ocean islanden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID10063773 - Bouwman, Hindrik
dc.contributor.researchID27256839 - Kylin, Johan Henrik


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