title: Accumulation features of trace elements in mass-stranded harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in the North Sea coast in 2002: the body distribution and association with growth and nutrition status.
abstract: Body distribution and growth- and nutritional status-dependent accumulation of 21 trace elements were investigated in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) stranded in the North Sea coast in 2002. Higher concentrations and burdens of Mn, Se, Mo, Ag, Sn, Hg, and Bi in the liver, Cd in the kidney, As in the blubber, and Co, Sr, and Ba in the bone were observed. Significant positive correlations of hepatic Se, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Hg, Tl, and Bi with standard body length were found, while significant negative relationships were detected for Mn, As, Rb, Sr, and Sb in the liver. Concentrations of Co, Se, Sr, Sn, Hg, and Bi in the liver, V, Sr, Ag, Sn, and Hg in the kidney, V, Mn, Co, Rb, Sr, Sn, Ba, and Pb in the blubber increased with decreasing blubber thickness of harbor seals, indicating enrichment of these elements in the target tissue by emaciation.
authors.affiliation: Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Agusa
authors.forename: Shin-ya
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Yasugi
authors.forename: Asami
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Tokutaka
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikemoto
authors.forename: Yasumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Anan
authors.forename: Thijs
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuiken
authors.forename: Albert D M E
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Osterhaus
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Hisato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwata
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D004614:Emaciation / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009659:North Sea; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000187:drug effects; D046049:Phoca / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D014131:Trace Elements; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical