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Bioindicators of Organochlorine Pesticides in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Western Bering Sea

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Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), such as HCHs and DDTs, are still used as pesticides in the Southern Hemisphere and can reach the North Pacific due to long range atmospheric transfer. Marine mammals (Pacific walrus Odobenus rosmarus divergens, gray whale Eschrichtius robustus), the seabirds (Pacific gull Larus schistisagus, crested auklet Aethia cristatella, auklet crumb Aethia pusilla, northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, and grey petrel Oceanodroma furcata) and Pacific salmon (pink Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, chum O. keta, chinook O. tshawytscha, and sockeye O. nerka) were collected near the Kuril Islands (the northern–western part of the Pacific Ocean), in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea. The total OCPs concentration (HCHs + DDTs) was found in each organism, including the Pacific walrus (70–90,263 ng/g lipid), the seabirds (29–16,095 ng/g lipid), and the Pacific salmon (41–7103 ng/g lipid). The concentrations and possible sources of OCPs in marine organisms as biological indicators are discussed.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank our colleagues from Pacific Research Fisheries Centre (TINRO-Centre) for sampling collection during marine expeditions. They also thank Prof. Vyacheslav P. Shuntov (TINRO-Centre) for determination of seabirds’ species names and Tatiana V. Yakunina for the correction of the English language of this article. This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Project No. 14-50-00034).

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  1. School of Biomedicine, Far Eastern Federal University, 8 Sukhanova Str., Vladivostok, Russia, 690091

    Vasiliy Yu. Tsygankov & Margarita D. Boyarova

  2. School of Natural Sciences, Far Eastern Federal University, 8 Sukhanova Str., Vladivostok, Russia, 690091

    Olga N. Lukyanova & Nadezhda K. Khristoforova

  3. Pacific Research Fisheries Centre (TINRO-Centre), 4 Shevchenko Alley, Vladivostok, Russia, 690091

    Olga N. Lukyanova

  4. Pacific Geographical Institute FEB RAS, 7 Radio Str., Vladivostok, Russia, 690000

    Nadezhda K. Khristoforova

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Tsygankov, V.Y., Boyarova, M.D., Lukyanova, O.N. et al. Bioindicators of Organochlorine Pesticides in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Western Bering Sea. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 73, 176–184 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-017-0380-2

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