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dc.contributor.authorBayat, Saraen
dc.contributor.authorGeiser, Fritzen
dc.contributor.authorKristiansen, Paulen
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Susan Cen
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-02T11:37:00Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.citationEnvironment International, v.63, p. 40-52en
dc.identifier.issn1873-6750en
dc.identifier.issn0160-4120en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14961-
dc.description.abstractExposure to contaminants, often pesticides, has been implicated as a major factor contributing to decreases in bat populations. Bats provide essential ecosystem services and a sustained, thriving population is vital for ecosystem health. Understanding issues threatening their survival is crucial for their protection and conservation. This paper provides the first review for 12 years on organic pollutants in bats and aims to investigate trends and any new issues impacting bat resilience. Organochlorine (OC) pesticides have been reported most often, especially in the older literature, with the dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) metabolite, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), present at highest concentrations in tissues analyzed. The OC pesticide concentrations reported in bat tissues have declined significantly since the late 1970s, presumably as a result of restrictions in use. For example, DDE study mean concentrations over time periods 1970-1980, 1981-1999 and 2000-2013 ranged from 2.6-62, 0.05-2.31, 0.08-0.19 ppm wet weight, respectively. Exposure, however, still occurs from remaining residues, many years after the compounds have been actively used. In recent years (2000-2013), a range of other organic chemicals have been reported in bat tissues including brominated flame retardants (polybrominated diphenyl ether at a mean concentration of 2.9 ppm lipid weight) and perfluorinated compounds (perfluorooctanyl sulfonate at a mean concentration 0.09 ppm wet weight). The persistent organic compounds concentrate in tissues with higher fat content notably back-depot fat. Numerous factors influence exposure, residues detected and concentrations in different individuals, species and tissues which must be understood to provide meaningful assessment of the impacts of exposure. Exposure can lead to not only acute and lethal impacts, but also physiological sub-lethal and chronic effects, often linked to the annual cycle of fat deposition and withdrawal. Current challenges for bat conservation include collation of a more extensive and standardized database of bat exposure, especially to current use pesticides and emerging contaminants, and better prediction and definition of toxicity end points notably for the sub-lethal effects. Understanding sub-lethal effects will be of greater importance for sustaining populations in the longer-term.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironment Internationalen
dc.titleOrganic contaminants in bats: Trends and new issuesen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.envint.2013.10.009en
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental Managementen
dc.subject.keywordsEcosystem Functionen
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental Monitoringen
local.contributor.firstnameSaraen
local.contributor.firstnameFritzen
local.contributor.firstnamePaulen
local.contributor.firstnameSusan Cen
local.subject.for2008050205 Environmental Managementen
local.subject.for2008050102 Ecosystem Functionen
local.subject.for2008050206 Environmental Monitoringen
local.subject.seo2008960805 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scalesen
local.subject.seo2008960501 Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scalesen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailsbayat2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailfgeiser@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailpkristi2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailswilso24@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20140324-102546en
local.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen
local.format.startpage40en
local.format.endpage52en
local.identifier.scopusid84887907942en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume63en
local.title.subtitleTrends and new issuesen
local.contributor.lastnameBayaten
local.contributor.lastnameGeiseren
local.contributor.lastnameKristiansenen
local.contributor.lastnameWilsonen
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local.identifier.handlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14961en
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local.title.maintitleOrganic contaminants in batsen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorBayat, Saraen
local.search.authorGeiser, Fritzen
local.search.authorKristiansen, Paulen
local.search.authorWilson, Susan Cen
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local.identifier.wosid000330909900006en
local.year.published2014en
local.subject.for2020410404 Environmental managementen
local.subject.for2020410203 Ecosystem functionen
local.subject.for2020410599 Pollution and contamination not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2020180403 Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystemsen
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