Publications

Persistent organic pollutants in human plasma related to measured intake of cod liver and cod liver oil.

Sandanger, T.; Brustad, M.; Lund, E.; Burkow, I.C.; Odland, J.Ø.

Persistent organic pollutants in human plasma of males from two communities in northern Norway.

Huber, S.; Sandanger, T.M.; Brox, J.; Figenschau, Y.

Persistent organic pollutants in four bivalve species from Kongsfjorden and Liefdefjorden, Svalbard. NILU F

Vieweg, I.; Hop, H.; Gabrielsen, G.W.; Brey, T, Huber, S.

Persistent organic pollutants in fatty fish: an unhealthy concern.

Sandanger, T.; Brustad, M.; Hovander, C.; Lund, E.

Persistent organic pollutants in benthic communities in Svalbard: Seasonal and spatial trends.

Evenset, A.; Hallanger, I.; Renaud, P.; Tessmann, M.; Warner, N.; Christensen, G.; Ruus, A.; Borgå, K.; Gabrielsen, G.W.

Persistent organic pollutants in ambient air and fog at Bjørnøya (Bear Island). NILU F

Kallenborn, R.; Christensen, G.; Enge, E.K.; Herzke, D.; Schlabach, M.; Skotvold, T.

Persistent organic pollutants and organophosphate esters in feathers and blood plasma of adult kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) from Svalbard – associations with body condition and thyroid hormones

Svendsen, Niels Borup; Herzke, Dorte; Harju, Mikael; Bech, Claus; Gabrielsen, Geir W.; Jaspers, Veerle

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and organophosphate esters (OPEs) were assessed in blood plasma and feathers of 19 adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) breeding in two colonies (Blomstrandhalvøya and Krykkjefjellet) at the Arctic archipelago, Svalbard. Potential associations with body condition index (BCI) and thyroid hormones were investigated. All compound classes were detected in both blood plasma and feathers, but due to low sample size and volumes, OPEs could only be quantified in four individuals, warranting larger follow-up studies. Kittiwakes breeding at Blomstrandhalvøya had significantly higher concentrations of organic pollutants in blood plasma than kittiwakes breeding at Krykkjefjellet (p < 0.001). Concentrations in blood plasma and feathers did not significantly correlate for any of the investigated compounds, and feather concentrations did not differ significantly between the colonies. This suggests that pollutant levels in adult kittiwake feathers do not reflect local contamination at breeding sites and are as such not useful to monitor local contamination at Svalbard. Significant negative associations between BCI and most pollutants were found in both populations, whereas significant correlations between the BCI, the ratio of total triiodothyronine to free triiodothyronine (TT3:fT3), and several pollutants were only found for kittiwakes from Blomstrandhalvøya (all r ≥ −0.60 and p ≤ 0.05). This indicates that higher levels of circulating pollutants during the breeding period covary with the TT3: fT3 ratio, and may act as an additional stressor during this period.

Persistent organic Pollutants (POPs) in background Arctic surface snow and in vertical snow profiles: POP deposition and accumulation in snow samples from GEO Summit (Greenland) and Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard).

Kallenborn, R.; Jensen, T.W.

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) in Bjørnøya snow, ice and fog. Powerpoint presentation. NILU F

Kallenborn, R.; Christensen, C.; Gregor, D.

Persistent Organic Pollutants

Hanssen, Linda

Persistent organic contaminants in the blubber of indo-pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) and spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) from the coastal waters of Zanzibar. Abstract. NILU F

Mwevura, H.; Amir, O.; Hellström, A.; Kishimba, M.; Kylin, H.

Persistent cooling of the polar stratosphere in 2011 winter and spring.

Nishii, K.; Nakamura, H.; Orsolini, Y.J.

Persistant organic pollutants (POPs).

Kallenborn, R.