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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 648, Issue -, Pages 894-901Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.090
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Bioaccumulation; Birds of prey; Falco peregrinus; Greenland; Migratory birds; Time trends
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- Danish Cooperation for Environment in the Arctic (DANCEA) of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency [MST-112-00197]
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A suite of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) were determined in 41 peregrine falcon eggs collected in South Greenland between 1986 and 2014. Median concentrations of perfluorinated sulfonic acids (SPFSA) and perfluorinated carboxylic acids (SPFCA) were 303 ng/g dry weight (dw) (58 ng/g wet weight, ww) and 100 ng/g dw (19 ng/g ww), respectively, which was comparable to other studies. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) accounted for 94% on average of all PFSAs, but did not show a significant time trend. Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), perfluoroheptane sulfonate (PFHpS) and perfluorodecane sulfonate (PFDS) showed non-linear decreases over the study period, while some long-chain PFCAs increased significantly. The PCN profilewas dominated by the penta-, hexa-and tetrachlorinated congeners CN-52/60, CN-66/67 and CN-42. CN-54, an indicator of combustion, accounted for 2.4% of SPCN on average. All PCN congeners showed a decreasing tendency, which was significant for lipid-normalized concentrations of CN-53, CN-54 and CN-63. The SPCN median concentration was 21 ng/g lipid weight, which is in the high end of concentrations reported for bird eggs. The PCN and PFAS concentrations add to an already high contaminant burden and a complex chemical cocktail in the peregrine falcon population in Greenland, mainly reflecting contaminant exposure during migration and winter stays in Central and South America. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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