Industrial and natural compounds in filter-feeding black fly larvae and water in 3 tundra streams

Darya Kupryianchyk; Reiner Giesler; Terry F Bidleman; Per Liljelind; Danny Chun Pong Lau; Ryan A Sponseller; Patrik L Andersson

doi:10.1002/etc.4267

Industrial and natural compounds in filter-feeding black fly larvae and water in 3 tundra streams

Environ Toxicol Chem. 2018 Dec;37(12):3011-3017. doi: 10.1002/etc.4267. Epub 2018 Oct 26.

Authors

Darya Kupryianchyk¹, Reiner Giesler², Terry F Bidleman¹, Per Liljelind¹, Danny Chun Pong Lau², Ryan A Sponseller², Patrik L Andersson¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
² Climate Impacts Research Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.

PMID: 30183099
DOI: 10.1002/etc.4267

Abstract

We report concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, novel flame retardants, and naturally occurring bromoanisoles in water and filter-feeding black fly (Simuliidae) larvae in 3 tundra streams in northern Sweden. The results demonstrate that black fly larvae accumulate a wide range of organic contaminants and can be used as bioindicators of water pollution in Arctic streams. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:3011-3017. © 2018 SETAC.

Keywords: Arctic streams; Bioaccumulation; Emerging pollutants; Fate and transport; Legacy contaminants; Long-range transport.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Arctic Regions
Environmental Monitoring*
Flame Retardants / analysis
Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / analysis
Industrial Waste / analysis*
Larva / metabolism
Polychlorinated Biphenyls / analysis
Principal Component Analysis
Rivers / chemistry*
Simuliidae / metabolism*
Sweden
Tundra
Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*

Substances

Flame Retardants
Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers
Industrial Waste
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Polychlorinated Biphenyls