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Telomere length in relation to persistent organic pollutant exposure inwhite-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) nestlings from Sweden sampledin 1995–2013
UiT – the Arctic University of Norway, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Hansine Hansens Veg 18, NO-9019 Tromsø, Norway.
UiT – the Arctic University of Norway, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Hansine Hansens Veg 18, NO-9019 Tromsø, Norway.
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA).
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Environmental research and monitoring.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1654-8762
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2022 (English)In: Environmental Research, ISSN 0013-9351, E-ISSN 1096-0953, Vol. 208, p. 1-8Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Telomeres are used as biomarkers of vertebrate health because of the link between their length, lifespan, andsurvival. Exposure to environmental stressors appears to alter telomere dynamics, but little is known abouttelomere length and persistent organic pollutant (POP) exposure in wildlife. The white-tailed eagle (WTE;Haliaeetus albicilla) is an avian top predator that accumulates high levels of POPs and may subsequently sufferadverse health effects. Here we study the Baltic WTE population that is well documented to have been exposed tolarge contaminant burdens, thereby making it a promising candidate species for analyzing pollutant-mediatedeffects on telomeres. We investigated telomere lengths in WTE nestlings (n = 168) over 19 years and examinedlegacy POP concentrations (organochlorines and polybrominated diphenyl ethers) in whole blood andserum as potential drivers of differences in telomere length. Although we detected significant year-to-yearvariations in telomere lengths among the WTE nestlings, telomere lengths did not correlate with any of theinvestigated POP concentrations of several classes. Given that telomere lengths did not associate with POPcontamination in the Baltic WTE nestlings, we propose that other environmental and biological factors, whichlikely fluctuate on a year-to-year basis, could be more important drivers of telomere lengths in this population.

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2022. Vol. 208, p. 1-8
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Baltic sea Biomarker Molecular endpoint Organohalogenated contaminants Raptor Sentinel species
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URN: urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-5098DOI: 20810.1016/j.envres.2022.112712OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nrm-5098DiVA, id: diva2:1720082
Available from: 2022-12-16 Created: 2022-12-16 Last updated: 2022-12-21Bibliographically approved

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