Persistent Organic Pollutants in British Columbia Grizzly Bears: Consequence of Divergent Diets

作者: Jennie R. Christensen , Misty MacDuffee , Robie W. Macdonald , Michael Whiticar , Peter S. Ross

DOI: 10.1021/ES050749F

关键词: OncorhynchusEnvironmental sciencePersistent organic pollutantPolybrominated diphenyl ethersPollutantBioaccumulationIsotope analysisPesticideGrizzly BearsEcology

摘要: Nitrogen and carbon stable isotope signatures in growing hair reveal that while some British Columbia grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) rely entirely on terrestrial foods, others switch late summer to returning Pacific salmon (Oncorynchus spp.). Implications for persistent organic pollutant (POP) concentrations patterns measured the two feeding groups of were profound. While consuming a higher proportion vegetation (“interior” grizzlies) exhibited POP dominated by more volatile organochlorine (OC) pesticides heavier polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs:  e.g., BDE-209), bioaccumulative POPs (e.g., DDT, chlordanes, BDE-47). The ocean-salmon-bear pathway appeared preferentially select those contaminants with intermediate partitioning strength from water into lipid (log Kow ∼ 6.5). This pattern reflects an optimum contaminant log range atmospheric transport, de...

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