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dc.contributor.authorSkogsberg, Stina Linnea Emelie
dc.contributor.authorMcgovern, Maeve
dc.contributor.authorPoste, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorJonsson, Sofi
dc.contributor.authorArts, Michael T.
dc.contributor.authorVarpe, Øystein
dc.contributor.authorBorgå, Katrine
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T05:40:54Z
dc.date.available2022-06-30T05:40:54Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-03
dc.description.abstractIncreasing terrestrial run-off from melting glaciers and thawing permafrost to Arctic coastal areas is expected to facilitate re-mobilization of stored legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and mercury (Hg), potentially increasing exposure to these contaminants for coastal benthic organisms. We quantified chlorinated POPs and Hg concentrations, lipid content and multiple dietary markers, in a littoral deposit-feeding amphipod Gammarus setosus and sediments during the melting period from April to August in Adventelva river estuary in Svalbard, a Norwegian Arctic Aarchipelago. There was an overall decrease in concentrations of ∑POPs from April to August (from 58 ± 23 to 13 ± 4 ng/g lipid weight; lw), Hg (from 5.6 ± 0.7 to 4.1 ± 0.5 ng/g dry weight; dw) and Methyl Hg (MeHg) (from 5 ± 1 to 0.8 ± 0.7 ng/g dw) in G. setosus. However, we observed a seasonal peak in penta- and hexachlorobenzene (PeCB and HCB) in May (2.44 ± 0.3 and 23.6 ± 1.7 ng/g lw). Sediment concentrations of POPs and Hg (dw) only partly correlated with the contaminant concentrations in G. setosus. Dietary markers, including fatty acids and carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes, indicated a diet of settled phytoplankton in May–July and a broader range of carbon sources after the spring bloom. Phytoplankton utilization and chlorobenzene concentrations in G. setosus exhibited similar seasonal patterns, suggesting a dietary uptake of chlorobenzenes that is delivered to the aquatic environment during spring snowmelt. The seasonal decrease in contaminant concentrations in G. setosus could be related to seasonal changes in dietary contaminant exposure and amphipod ecology. Furthermore, this decrease implies that terrestrial run-off is not a significant source of re-mobilized Hg and legacy POPs to littoral amphipods in the Adventelva river estuary during the melt season.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSkogsberg E, Mcgovern M, Poste A, Jonsson, Arts MT, Varpe Ø, Borgå K. Seasonal pollutant levels in littoral high-Arctic amphipods in relation to food sources and terrestrial run-off. Environmental Pollution (1987). 2022;306en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2023200
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119361
dc.identifier.issn0269-7491
dc.identifier.issn1873-6424
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/25653
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalEnvironmental Pollution (1987)
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleSeasonal pollutant levels in littoral high-Arctic amphipods in relation to food sources and terrestrial run-offen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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