Comparing temporal trends of organochlorines in guillemot eggs and Baltic herring: Advantages and disadvantage for selecting sentinel species for environmental monitoring

Miller, Aroha; Nyberg, Elisabeth; Danielsson, Sara; Faxneld, Suzanne; Haglund, Peter; Bignert, Anders

doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.02.007

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“… 24 and Miller et al . 25 on organic pollutants in guillemot eggs, Nyberg et al . 14 on non-dioxin like PCBs (ndl-PCBs), DDT, HCHs and HCB in biota, Faxneld et al .…”

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Long-term dataset for contaminants in fish, mussels, and bird eggs from the Baltic Sea

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Sköld

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Widespread persistent contaminants are a global environmental problem. In the Baltic Sea, wildlife contamination was first noticed in the 1960s, prompting the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency to establish a comprehensive Swedish National Monitoring Programme for Contaminants in Marine Biota (MCoM) in 1978 run by the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Eight species have been analysed, four fish species (Atlantic herring, Atlantic cod, European perch, viviparous eelpout), one bivalve species (blue mussel), and egg from three bird species (common guillemot, common tern, Eurasian oystercatcher). Here, we present a dataset containing MCoM data from its start until 2021. It includes 36 sets of time-series, each analysed for more than 100 contaminants. The longest time-series is for common guillemot and starts in 1968. We describe the structure of MCoM including historic changes to the number of stations, sample treatment, analytical methods, instruments, and laboratories. The MCoM data is available at the Bolin Centre repository and on GitHub through our R package mcomDb. The latter will be updated yearly with new MCoM records.

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“… 24 and Miller et al . 25 on organic pollutants in guillemot eggs, Nyberg et al . 14 on non-dioxin like PCBs (ndl-PCBs), DDT, HCHs and HCB in biota, Faxneld et al .…”

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Long-term dataset for contaminants in fish, mussels, and bird eggs from the Baltic Sea

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Faxneld,

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“…This term is used analogously to the terms bioindicators, sentinel, and health indicator species by several authors (e.g., Caro and O'Doherty, 1999;Bartell, 2006;Sergio et al, 2008;Durant et al, 2009). We then analyzed articles describing key attributes of indicator species (e.g., Hilty andMerenlender, 2000, Burger andGochfeld, 2004;Miller et al, 2014) and listed those attributes (Table 1) that make sense for plastic pollution based on case studies on marine turtles, mammals, and seabirds (e.g., Ryan, 1987; TABLE 1 | Biological/ecological, methodological, and conservation attributes of good indicator species of plastic pollution.…”

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“…Abundance Local abundance of the species or populations to allow long-term monitoring Burger and Gochfeld, 2004;Miller et al, 2014 Distribution Wide geographic distribution of the species to allow comparisons between different locations Caro and O'Doherty, 1999;Caro, 2010 Home range (core area)…”

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Charismatic Species as Indicators of Plastic Pollution in the Río de la Plata Estuarine Area, SW Atlantic

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Marine plastic pollution is projected to increase globally in the next few decades. This holds true for South America where the number of species that interacts with plastics is increasing. In this study, we explore for the first time the potential of certain charismatic species of marine turtles, mammals and seabirds as indicators of plastic pollution in the Río de la Plata (RdP), one of the largest and most important estuarine areas of the Southwest Atlantic. Through a revision of published studies integrated with unpublished data, we summarize studies on the interaction of charismatic marine species with plastics in the region and evaluate their role as indicators of plastic pollution in the RdP based on aspects of their local ecology and key attributes (i.e., biological/ecological, methodological, and conservation attributes) of indicator species. We found that at least 45 charismatic marine species interact –whether by ingestion or entanglement– with plastics in the region. Eight of these species were selected as potential indicators given their occurrence, probability of sampling and interaction with plastics in the RdP, namely: Chelonia mydas, Caretta caretta, Dermochelys coriacea, Pontoporia blainvillei, Arctocephalus australis, Otaria flavescens, Larus dominicanus, and Spheniscus magellanicus. The species shared some key attributes of indicator species, e.g., they are relatively well studied, but differed in critical aspects such as their home range and mobility. We discuss whether the species’ attributes are strengths or weaknesses according to the available knowledge on their ecology in the RdP, and propose a multispecies indicator of plastic pollution given that those strengths and weaknesses can be compensated among species. Monitoring plastic pollution through a combination of species would enable a better understanding of plastic pollution in this relevant area.

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“…Kirby et al (2000) have recommended the incorporation of species with limited migrational tendencies. Migratory habits are also important when using seabird eggs (Miller et al, 2014), and updated guidelines have been launched under the auspices of the OSPAR commission (2012) for the sampling and analysis of contaminants in seabird eggs in addition to fish and shellfish. Another strategy consists in active biomonitoring with caged fish, used to impose a sedentary nature as exemplified with juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) exposed to PAH-contaminated sediments in a freshwater lake (Barbee et al, 2008).…”

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Comparing temporal trends of organochlorines in guillemot eggs and Baltic herring: Advantages and disadvantage for selecting sentinel species for environmental monitoring

Cited by 28 publications

References 43 publications

Long-term dataset for contaminants in fish, mussels, and bird eggs from the Baltic Sea

Long-term dataset for contaminants in fish, mussels, and bird eggs from the Baltic Sea

Charismatic Species as Indicators of Plastic Pollution in the Río de la Plata Estuarine Area, SW Atlantic

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