Individual variation of persistent organic pollutants in relation to stable isotope ratios, sex, reproductive phase and oxidative status in Scopoli's shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) from the Southern Mediterranean

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment Vol. 598; pp. 179 - 187
• Main Authors: Costantini, David, Sebastiano, Manrico, Müller, Martina S., Eulaers, Igor, Ambus, Per, Malarvannan, Govindan, Covaci, Adrian, Massa, Bruno, Dell'Omo, Giacomo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.11.2017; Elsevier BV; Elsevier
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Animals; Antioxidants; basins; Biology; Birds; Birds - blood; Birds - physiology; breeding season; breeds; Calonectris diomedea; Chemistry; Contaminants; diet; egg incubation; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Pollutants; Environmental Pollutants - blood; Environmental Sciences; Female; females; Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers - blood; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated - blood; Isotopes; Male; males; Mediterranean region; Mediterranean Sea; nitrogen; organochlorine pesticides; Oxidative Stress; persistent organic pollutants; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated Biphenyls; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - blood; POPs; probability; Reproduction; Reproduction - drug effects; Seabirds; stable isotopes; Mediterranean region; Antioxidants; Seabirds; Oxidative stress; Contaminants; Isotopes; POPs

Little is known about the accumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and its consequences for seabirds in the Mediterranean basin. We characterised the plasma contaminant profile (polychlorinated biphenyls ΣPCBs; organochlorine pesticides ΣOCPs; polybrominated diphenyl ethers ΣPBDEs) of a...