Journal
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 93, Issue -, Pages 15-22Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.08.016
Keywords
Hydroxylated PCBs; Hydroxylated PBDEs; Methoxylated PBDEs; Bromophenols; Blood; Marine mammals
Funding
- Global COE Program from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT)
- JSPS
- [20221003]
- [23-4570]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [13J06617, 25241013, 25701014, 25281008] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Information on accumulation of halogenated phenolic contaminants in the blood of marine mammal is limited. The present study, we determined the residue levels and patterns of chlorinated and brominated phenolic contaminants (OH-PCBs, OH-PBDEs and bromophenols) in the blood collected from pinnipeds (northern fur seal, spotted seal, Steller sea lion and ribbon seal) and small cetaceans (harbor porpoise and Dall's porpoise) from Japanese coastal waters. Concentrations of PCBs and OH-PCBs found in pinnipeds were the same as in small cetaceans living in the same coastal area. However, significantly lower concentrations of brominated compounds (PBDEs, MeO-PBDEs, OH-PBDEs) were found in the blood of pinnipeds than the levels found in cetacean species which live same area (p < 0.05). This difference of accumulation pattern suggested pinnipeds have an enhanced capability to degrade organobromine compounds relative to cetaceans. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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