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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 398, Issue 1-3, Pages 20-25Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.051
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Black-legged kittiwake; Black oystercatcher; age-related; oil; arsenic; cadmium; chromium; lead; manganese; mercury; Prince William Sound; Alaska; metals
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- NIEHS NIH HHS [P30 ES 005022, P30 ES005022] Funding Source: Medline
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Arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, mercury and selenium were analyzed in the feathers of Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) from Shoup Bay in Prince William Sound, Alaska to determine if there were age-related differences in metal levels, and in Black Oystercatchers (Haematopus bachmani)) from the same region to determine if there were differences in oiled and unoiled birds. Except for mercury, there were no age-related differences in metals levels in the feathers of kittiwakes. Kittiwakes over 13 years of age had the highest levels of mercury. There were no differences in levels of metals in the feathers of oystercatchers from oiled and unoiled regions of Prince William Sound. Except for mercury, the feathers of oystercatchers had significantly higher levels of all metals than those of kittiwakes. Levels of mercury in kittiwake feathers (mean of 2910 ng/g [ppb]) were within the range of many species of seabirds reported for other studies, and were generally below adverse effects levels. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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