Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 73, Issue 1, Pages 231-242Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.05.014
Keywords
North Pacific gyre; Nonylphenol; POPs; Plastic ingestion; Yellowtail (Seriola lalandi); Plastic exposure
Funding
- Ocean Voyages Institute
- California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
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Despite scientific and public concern, research on food web contamination from chemicals in plastic is limited, and distinguishing plastic sources from prey remains a challenge. We analyzed juvenile yellowtail (Seriola lalandi) from the North Pacific Central Gyre for plastic ingestion and tissue concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and nonionic surfactants to investigate potential contamination from plastic exposure. Ingestion of synthetic debris occurred in similar to 10% of the sample population. PCBs and DDTs were 352 +/- 240 (mean +/- SD) and 1425 +/- 1118 ng/g lw, respectively. PBDEs were 9.08 +/- 10.6 ng/g lw, with BDE5-47, 99, and 209 representing 90% of PBDEs. Nonylphenol (NP) was detected in one-third of the yellowtail with a mean of 52.8 +/- 88.5 ng/g ww overall and 167 +/- 72.3 ng/g ww excluding non-detects. Because environmental NP is strongly associated with wastewater treatment effluents, long-range transport is unlikely, and NP was previously measured in gyre plastic, we concluded that plastic-mediated exposure best explained our findings of NP in yellowtail. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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