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dc.contributor.authorThorstensen, Helene
dc.contributor.authorRuus, Anders
dc.contributor.authorHelberg, Morten
dc.contributor.authorBæk, Kine
dc.contributor.authorEnge, Ellen Katrin
dc.contributor.authorBorgå, Katrine
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-02T16:41:31Z
dc.date.available2021-02-02T16:41:31Z
dc.date.created2020-10-21T14:54:58Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationIntegrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 2020.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1551-3777
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2725892
dc.description.abstractSeabirds like gulls are common indicators in contaminant monitoring. The herring gull (Larus argentatus) is a generalist with a broad range of dietary sources, possibly introducing a weakness in its representativeness of aquatic contamination. To investigate the herring gull as an indicator of contamination in an urban‐influenced fjord, the Norwegian Oslofjord, we compared concentrations of a range of lipophilic and protein‐associated organohalogen contaminants (OHCs), Hg, and dietary markers in blood (n = 15), and eggs (n = 15) between the herring gull and the strict marine‐feeding common eider (Somateria mollissima) in the breeding period of May 2017. Dietary markers showed that the herring gull was less representative of the marine food web than the common eider. We found higher concentrations of lipophilic OHCs (wet weight and lipid weight) and Hg (dry weight) in the blood of common eider (mean ± SE ∑PCB = 210 ± 126 ng/g ww, 60 600 ± 28 300 ng/g lw; mean Hg = 4.94 ± 0.438 ng/g dw) than of the herring gull (mean ± SE ∑PCB = 19.0 ± 15.6 ng/g ww, 1210 ± 1510 ng/g lw; mean Hg = 4.26 ± 0.438 ng/g dw). Eggs gave opposite results; higher wet weight and lipid weight OHC concentrations in the herring gull (mean ± SE ∑PCB = 257 ± 203 ng/g ww, 3240 ± 2610 ng/g lw) than the common eider (mean ± SE ∑PCB = 18.2 ± 20.8 ng/g ww, 101 ± 121 ng/g lw), resulting in higher OHC maternal transfer ratios in gulls than eiders. We suggest that the matrix differences are due to fasting during incubation in the common eider. We suggest that in urban areas, herring gull might not be representative as an indicator of marine contamination but rather urban contaminant exposure. The common eider is a better indicator of marine pollution in the Oslofjord. The results are influenced by the matrix choice, as breeding strategy affects lipid dynamics regarding the transfer of lipids and contaminants to eggs and remobilization of contaminants from lipids to blood during incubation, when blood is drawn from the mother. Our results illustrate the benefit of a multispecies approach for a thorough picture of contaminant status in urban marine ecosystems. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2020;00:1–12. © 2020 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC)en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSociety of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)en_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectpersistent organic pollutantsen_US
dc.subjectcommon eideren_US
dc.subjectherring gullen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental monitoringen_US
dc.subjectmercuryen_US
dc.titleCommon eider and herring gull as contaminant indicators of different ecological niches of an urban fjord systemen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497en_US
dc.source.journalIntegrated Environmental Assessment and Managementen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ieam.4340
dc.identifier.cristin1841259
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