Levels and temporal trends (1983-2003) of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and hexabromocyclododecanes in seabird eggs from North Norway

• Published in: Environmental toxicology and chemistry Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 1096 - 1103
• Main Authors: Helgason, Lisa B, Polder, Anuschka, Føreid, Siri, Bæk, Kine, Lie, Elisabeth, Gabrielsen, Geir W, Barrett, Robert T, Skaare, Janneche U
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01-05-2009; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animals; Aquatic birds; Bans; Blanks; Charadriiformes; chemical concentration; Chemical contaminants; congeners; Copyrights; deca-BDE; Documents; ecotoxicology; Eggs; Environmental Monitoring; Ethers; Field study; Fire resistant materials; Fish; flame retardarnt chemicals; Fratercula; Fratercula arctica; Herrings; Hexabromocyclododecanes; Hydrocarbons, Brominated - chemistry; Laboratory animals; Larus argentatus; Marine; Norway; Norwegian Arctic; Organic contaminants; Ovum - chemistry; Polders; Pollution control; polybrominated biphenyls; Polybrominated Biphenyls - chemistry; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Presses; Rissa; Rissa tridactyla; Seabird eggs; seabirds; Species Specificity; technical chemicals; Temporal logic; Temporal trends; Time Factors; toxic substances; Toxicology; Trends; Uranium; Water Pollutants, Chemical - chemistry; Norway; Arctic region; ANE, Norway; A, Atlantic
• ISSN: 0730-7268; 1552-8618
• DOI: 10.1897/08-404.1

The present study assessed temporal trends (1983-2003) of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabro-mocyclododecanes (HBCDs) in eggs of herring gulls (Larus argentatus), Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica), and black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) in North Norway. Generally, PBDE concentrations increased between 1983 and 1993 and then leveled out, although species-specific trends were reported. Levels of α-HBCD increased in all species throughout the 20-year period. Levels of nona-BDEs and BDE 209 ranged from nondetectable to parts per billion. Nevertheless, highly variable procedural blanks were reported for the nona-BDEs and BDE 209, which clearly illustrates the importance of including blanks repeatedly during determination of these compounds.