Multi-year assessment (2006–2015) of persistent organic pollutant concentrations in blubber and muscle from Western Arctic bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus), North Slope, Alaska

2020 ◽  
Vol 151 ◽  
pp. 110857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennie L. Bolton ◽  
Gina M. Ylitalo ◽  
Paul Chittaro ◽  
J. Craig George ◽  
Robert Suydam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Pollutant ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutant ◽  
North Slope ◽  
Balaena Mysticetus ◽  
Bowhead Whales ◽  
Pollutant Concentrations ◽  
Western Arctic

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope patterns in baleen from eastern Arctic bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)

1998 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 2601-2607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith A Hobson ◽  
Don M Schell
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Ecology ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope ◽  
Protein Catabolism ◽  
Stable Carbon ◽  
Balaena Mysticetus ◽  
Bowhead Whales ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Western Arctic ◽  
Periodic Fluctuations

Previous measurements of naturally occurring stable isotopes of carbon (delta13C) and nitrogen (delta15N) along the baleen plates of western Arctic bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) have provided a continuous lifetime record of the feeding or nutritional ecology of these animals that migrate annually between isotopically different foodwebs. However, virtually nothing was known about isotopic patterns of eastern Arctic bowheads. We measured delta13C and delta15N values along the baleen plates of three eastern and one western Arctic bowhead whales taken from Canadian waters in 1988 and 1996. In contrast to western Arctic animals, we found strong evidence for periodic fluctuations in delta15N but not delta13C values in the eastern Arctic specimens. We interpret these results as evidence that eastern Arctic animals do not move between foodwebs that differ in delta13C signature and suggest that these whales either (i) move annually between areas isotopically enriched in 15N but not 13C, (ii) shift diet annually by about one third of a trophic level, or (iii) undergo seasonal fasting that results in enrichment of baleen delta15N resulting from protein catabolism.

Persistent organic pollutant concentrations in fledglings of two arctic seabird species

2014 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 414-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew M. Guzzo ◽  
Norith H. Eckbo ◽  
Geir W. Gabrielsen ◽  
Aaron T. Fisk ◽  
Ketil Hylland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Pollutant ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutant ◽  
Seabird Species ◽  
Pollutant Concentrations

scholarly journals Persistent organic pollutant concentrations in first birth mothers across Mexico

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Rodríguez-Dozal ◽  
Horacio Riojas Rodríguez ◽  
Mauricio Hernández-Ávila ◽  
Jay Van Oostdam ◽  
Jean Philippe Weber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Pollutant ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutant ◽  
First Birth ◽  
Birth Mothers ◽  
Pollutant Concentrations

scholarly journals Effects of age, sex and reproductive status on persistent organic pollutant concentrations in “Southern Resident” killer whales

2009 ◽  
Vol 58 (10) ◽  
pp. 1522-1529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Krahn ◽  
M. Bradley Hanson ◽  
Gregory S. Schorr ◽  
Candice K. Emmons ◽  
Douglas G. Burrows ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Pollutant ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutant ◽  
Reproductive Status ◽  
Killer Whales ◽  
Pollutant Concentrations

scholarly journals Obesity in relation to serum persistent organic pollutant concentrations in CHAMACOS women

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. e032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcella Warner ◽  
Stephen Rauch ◽  
Eric S. Coker ◽  
Kim Harley ◽  
Katherine Kogut ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Pollutant ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutant ◽  
Pollutant Concentrations
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