Bioaccumulation and enantiomeric profiling of organochlorine pestcides and persistent organic pollutants in the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) from British and Irish waters.

B McHugh; RJ Law; CR Allchin; E Rogan; Sinead Noirin Murphy; B Foley; D Glynn; E McGovern

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.07.004

Bioaccumulation and enantiomeric profiling of organochlorine pestcides and persistent organic pollutants in the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) from British and Irish waters.

B McHugh, RJ Law, CR Allchin, E Rogan, Sinead Noirin Murphy, B Foley, D Glynn, E McGovern

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Concentrations and enantiomeric profiles for a range of organochlorine compounds are reported in blubber samples from a number of individual killer whales (Orcinus orca) from British and Irish waters. Elevated contaminant levels and enriched isotopic ratios were determined in one individual whale sampled in the Scottish Western Isles compared to the others suggesting marine mammal based dietary influences. The potential application of isotopic ratios to model contaminant uptake, enantioselective enrichment and accumulation is demonstrated. Data are presented which provide information on enantioselective enrichment factors (EFs) for op'-DDT, alpha-HCH and toxaphene congeners CHB26 and CHB 50. This dataset further improves the current database on reported levels of a number of contaminants and provides additional background information on potential metabolic processes in killer whales from British and Irish waters. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1724-1731
Number of pages	8
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume	54
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.07.004
Publication status	Published - Nov 2007

Keywords

killer whale
persistent pollutant
organochlorine
isotope ratios
MARINE FOOD-WEB
NORTHWATER POLYNYA
STABLE-ISOTOPES
CARBON ISOTOPES
COASTAL WATERS
MAMMALS
CONTAMINANTS
CETACEANS
PREDATION
BLUBBER

UN SDGs

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McHugh, B., Law, RJ., Allchin, CR., Rogan, E., Murphy, S. N., Foley, B., Glynn, D., & McGovern, E. (2007). Bioaccumulation and enantiomeric profiling of organochlorine pestcides and persistent organic pollutants in the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) from British and Irish waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 54(11), 1724-1731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.07.004

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