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Estimation of native and alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in seabirds from the south coast of the Baltic Sea.

ABSTRACT: Native and alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were examined in the muscle, liver, kidneys, and lungs of greater scaup (Aythya marila) and great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus). Both species showed differences in distribution and profiles among the tissues. The highest ?PAH concentrations were in the scaup lungs and the grebe kidneys (20 and 19 ng g^-1 wet weight, respectively). Alkylated derivatives were in the range of 61 to 77% of ?PAHs in both species. Differences in PAH profiles between birds, analyzed by PCA, were probably results of metabolic capability, not various diet. In comparison to available data from other regions of the world, PAH levels in investigated species are relatively low and do not pose a threat to birds themselves.

SUBMITTER: Waszak I

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7835302 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Estimation of native and alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in seabirds from the south coast of the Baltic Sea.

Waszak Ilona I Jonko-Sobuś Karolina K Ożarowska Agnieszka A Zaniewicz Grzegorz G

Environmental science and pollution research international 20200917 4

Native and alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were examined in the muscle, liver, kidneys, and lungs of greater scaup (Aythya marila) and great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus). Both species showed differences in distribution and profiles among the tissues. The highest ƩPAH concentrations were in the scaup lungs and the grebe kidneys (20 and 19 ng g<sup>-1</sup> wet weight, respectively). Alkylated derivatives were in the range of 61 to 77% of ΣPAHs in both species. Differences ...[more]

PMID: 32940838

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