Unique pattern of molt leads to low intraindividual variation in feather mercury concentrations in penguins

被引：31

作者：

Brasso, Rebecka L. ^{[1
]}

Drummond, Bridgette E. ^{[1
]}

Borrett, Stuart R. ^{[1
]}

Chiaradia, Andre ^{[2
]}

Polito, Michael J. ^{[1
]}

Rey, Andrea Raya ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Biol & Marine Biol, Wilmington, NC 28401 USA

[2] Phillip Isl Nat Pk, Cowes, Vic, Australia

[3] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Ctr Austral Invest Cient, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina

来源：

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY | 2013年 / 32卷 / 10期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Biomonitoring; Mercury; Biomarkers; Feather; Penguin; SEABIRD FEATHERS; ENVIRONMENT;

D O I：

10.1002/etc.2303

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The authors hypothesized that the catastrophic annual molt of penguins (Sphenisciformes) would lead to reduced intraindividual variation of mercury concentrations in body feathers. While mean mercury concentrations varied significantly among 8 penguin species, intraindividual variability did not differ among species and was 3 times lower than values observed in other seabirds. The findings of the present study suggest that a single body feather collected at random per individual can be adequate to estimate mercury exposure at the population level in penguins. Environ Toxicol Chem 2013;32:2331-2334. (c) 2013 SETAC

引用

页码：2331 / 2334

页数：4

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