{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["McGovern M"],"funding":["Norges Forskningsr?d"],"pagination":["6337-6348"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9118541"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["56(10)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Climate change-driven increases in air and sea temperatures are rapidly thawing the Arctic cryosphere with potential for remobilization and accumulation of legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in adjacent coastal food webs. Here, we present concentrations of selected POPs in zooplankton (spatially and seasonally), as well as zoobenthos and sculpin (spatially) from Isfjorden, Svalbard. Herbivorous zooplankton contaminant concentrations were highest in May [e.g., ∑polychlorinated biphenyls (<sub>8</sub>PCB); 4.43, 95% CI: 2.72-6.3 ng/g lipid weight], coinciding with the final stages of the spring phytoplankton bloom, and lowest in August (∑<sub>8</sub>PCB; 1.6, 95% CI: 1.29-1.92 ng/g lipid weight) when zooplankton lipid content was highest, and the fjord was heavily impacted by sedime"],"journal":["Environmental science & technology"],"pubmed_title":["Is Glacial Meltwater a Secondary Source of Legacy Contaminants to Arctic Coastal Food Webs?"],"pmcid":["PMC9118541"],"funding_grant_id":["10914","268458","772019"],"pubmed_authors":["Borga K","Warner NA","Evenset A","McGovern M","Soreide JE","Carlsson P","Ruus A","Skogsberg E","Christensen G","Poste AE"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Is Glacial Meltwater a Secondary Source of Legacy Contaminants to Arctic Coastal Food Webs?","description":"Climate change-driven increases in air and sea temperatures are rapidly thawing the Arctic cryosphere with potential for remobilization and accumulation of legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in adjacent coastal food webs. Here, we present concentrations of selected POPs in zooplankton (spatially and seasonally), as well as zoobenthos and sculpin (spatially) from Isfjorden, Svalbard. Herbivorous zooplankton contaminant concentrations were highest in May [e.g., ∑polychlorinated biphenyls (<sub>8</sub>PCB); 4.43, 95% CI: 2.72-6.3 ng/g lipid weight], coinciding with the final stages of the spring phytoplankton bloom, and lowest in August (∑<sub>8</sub>PCB; 1.6, 95% CI: 1.29-1.92 ng/g lipid weight) when zooplankton lipid content was highest, and the fjord was heavily impacted by sedime","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 May","modification":"2025-04-25T18:00:44.26Z","creation":"2025-04-25T18:00:44.26Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9118541","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35472293"],"doi":["10.1021/acs.est.1c07062"]}}