T-cell Responses in Oiled Guillemots and Swans in a Rehabilitation Setting

• Published in: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
• Main Author: Troisi, Gera M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2013
• Subjects: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Pollution; Toxicology; General Medicine; Olor; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00244-013-9885-5; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00244-013-9885-5.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00244-013-9885-5/fulltext.html; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00244-013-9885-5

Abstract Aquatic birds are commonly affected by oil spills. Despite rehabilitation efforts, the majority of rehabilitated common guillemots ( Uria aalge ) do not survive, whereas mute swans ( Cygnus olor ) tend to have higher postrelease survival. Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present in crude oi...