title: Accumulation of plastic-derived chemicals in tissues of seabirds ingesting marine plastics.
abstract: We analyzed polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in abdominal adipose of oceanic seabirds (short-tailed shearwaters, Puffinus tenuirostris) collected in northern North Pacific Ocean. In 3 of 12 birds, we detected higher-brominated congeners (viz., BDE209 and BDE183), which are not present in the natural prey (pelagic fish) of the birds. The same compounds were present in plastic found in the stomachs of the 3 birds. These data suggested the transfer of plastic-derived chemicals from ingested plastics to the tissues of marine-based organisms.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry (LOG), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan.
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Hideshige
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Rei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Kaoruko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizukawa
authors.forename: Masa-aki
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fukuwaka
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanuki
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000378:metabolism*; D004032:Diet; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / Q000378:metabolism*; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D010969:Plastics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; D010969:Plastics; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical