"Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and polychlorinatde biphenyls in polar bear, penguin and south polar skua" 

Kurunthachalam Senthil Kumar¹, Kurunthachalam Kunnnan², Simonetta Corslini³, Thomas Evans⁴, John P. Giesy², Shigeki Masunaga¹, Junko Nakanishi⁵

¹Yokohama National University
²Michigan State University, USA
³Universita di Siena, Italy
⁴US Fish and Wildlife Service, USA
⁵National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Environmental Pollution, Vol.119 pp.151-161 (2002)

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Abstract

Concentrations of 2378-substituted polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (DFs) and non- and mono-ortho-substituted polychlorinated biphenyls (dioxin-like PCBs) were measured in livers of polar bears from the Alaskan Arctic and in eggs of Adelie penguin and south polar skua and weddell seal liver, fish and krill from Antarctica. This is one of the first reports to document the concentrations of PCDDs/DFs in polar bear livers from Alaska, and in penguin and skua eggs from Antarctica.

Keywords

Antarctic, Arctic, PCBs, PCDD/DF, Polar bear, Penguin, South Polar skua