期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 524, 期 -, 页码 157-165出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.008
关键词
POPs; PBDEs; Raptor; Urban ecosystems; Stable isotopes; Predator
资金
- Environment Canada
- Canadian Chemical Management Plan
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council
As urban sprawl and agricultural intensification continue to invade prime wildlife habitat, some animals, even apex predators, are managing to adapt to this new environment. Chemical pollution is one of many stressors that wildlife encounter in urban environments. Predators are particularly sensitive to persistent chemical pollutants because they feed at a high trophic level where such pollution is biomagnified. To examine levels of pollution in urban birds of prey in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, we analyzed persistent organic contaminants in adult birds found dead of trauma injury. The hepatic geometric mean concentration of sum polybrominatal diphenyl ethers (Sigma PBDEs) in 13 Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii) from Greater Vancouver was 1873 ng,/g (lipid weight) with one bird reaching 197,000 ng,/g lipid weight, the highest exposure reported to date for a wild bird. Concentrations of Sigma PBDEs, Sigma PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) and, surprisingly, cyclodiene insecticides were greatest in the urban environment while those of DDE (1,1-dichloroethylene bisipchlorophenyl) were highest in a region of intensive agriculture. The level of most chlorinated and brominated contaminants increased with trophic level (delta N-15). The concentrations of some contaminants, PBDEs in particular, in these birds of prey may have some toxicological consequences. Apex predators in urban environments continue to be exposed to elevated concentrations of legacy pollutants as well as more recent brominated pollutants. Crown Copyright (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved,
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