DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.02.034
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84899953913
论文题名: Mercury concentrations in breast feathers of three upper trophic level marine predators from the western Aleutian Islands, Alaska
作者: Kaler R.S.A. ; Kenney L.A. ; Bond A.L. ; Eagles-Smith C.A.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2014
卷: 82, 期: 2018-01-02 起始页码: 189
结束页码: 193
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Fork-tailed storm-petrel
; Kittlitz's murrelet
; Long-range transport
; Near Islands
; Snowy owl
Scopus关键词: Atmospheric movements
; Birds
; Storms
; Fork-tailed storm-petrel
; Kittlitz's murrelet
; Long range transport
; Near Islands
; Snowy owl
; Mercury (metal)
; mercury
; mercury
; water pollutant
; bioaccumulation
; concentration (composition)
; diet
; feather
; long range transport
; mercury (element)
; predator
; raptor
; seabird
; trophic level
; article
; atmospheric transport
; Brachyramphus brevirostris
; Bubo scandiacus
; concentration (parameters)
; feather
; nonhuman
; Oceanodroma furcata
; predator
; raptor
; seabird
; United States
; analysis
; animal
; bird
; Charadriiformes
; chemistry
; environmental exposure
; environmental monitoring
; feather
; metabolism
; owl
; water pollutant
; Agattu Island
; Alaska
; Aleutian Islands
; Near Islands
; United States
; Aves
; Brachyramphus brevirostris
; Bubo scandiacus
; Hydrobatinae
; Nyctea
; Oceanodroma furcata
; Raptores
; Alaska
; Animals
; Birds
; Charadriiformes
; Environmental Exposure
; Environmental Monitoring
; Feathers
; Mercury
; Strigiformes
; Water Pollutants, Chemical
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: Mercury (Hg) is a toxic element distributed globally through atmospheric transport. Agattu Island, located in the western Aleutian Islands, Alaska, has no history of point-sources of Hg contamination. We provide baseline levels of total mercury (THg) concentrations in breast feathers of three birds that breed on the island. Geometric mean THg concentrations in feathers of fork-tailed storm-petrels (Oceanodroma furcata; 6703. ±. 1635, ng/g fresh weight [fw]) were higher than all other species, including snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus; 2105. ±. 1631, ng/g fw), a raptor with a diet composed largely of storm-petrels at Agattu Island. There were no significant differences in mean THg concentrations of breast feathers among adult Kittlitz's murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris; 1658. ±. 1276, ng/g. fw) and chicks (1475. ±. 671, ng/g. fw) and snowy owls. The observed THg concentrations in fork-tailed storm-petrel feathers emphasizes the need for further study of Hg pollution in the western Aleutian Islands. © 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/85508
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作者单位: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States; Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Anchorage, AK 99501, United States; Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, and Environment Canada, Saskatoon, SK S7N 3H5, Canada; U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, OR 97330, United States
Recommended Citation:
Kaler R.S.A.,Kenney L.A.,Bond A.L.,et al. Mercury concentrations in breast feathers of three upper trophic level marine predators from the western Aleutian Islands, Alaska[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2014-01-01,82(2018-01-02)