Organochlorines, perfluoroalkyl substances, mercury, and egg incubation temperature in an Arctic seabird: Insights from data loggers
Abstract In birds, incubation‐related behaviors and brood patch formation are influenced by hormonal regulation such as prolactin secretion. Brood patch provides efficient heat transfer between the incubating parent and the developing embryo in the egg. Importantly, several environmental contaminant...
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crwiley:10.1002/etc.4250 2024-09-15T18:32:25+00:00 Organochlorines, perfluoroalkyl substances, mercury, and egg incubation temperature in an Arctic seabird: Insights from data loggers Blévin, Pierre Shaffer, Scott A. Bustamante, Paco Angelier, Frédéric Picard, Baptiste Herzke, Dorte Moe, Børge Gabrielsen, Geir Wing Bustnes, Jan Ove Chastel, Olivier Agence Nationale de la Recherche 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.4250 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fetc.4250 https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/etc.4250 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry volume 37, issue 11, page 2881-2894 ISSN 0730-7268 1552-8618 journal-article 2018 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4250 2024-08-20T04:17:19Z Abstract In birds, incubation‐related behaviors and brood patch formation are influenced by hormonal regulation such as prolactin secretion. Brood patch provides efficient heat transfer between the incubating parent and the developing embryo in the egg. Importantly, several environmental contaminants are already known to have adverse effects on avian reproduction. However, relatively little is known about the effect of contaminants on incubation temperature ( T inc ) in wild birds. By using temperature thermistors placed into artificial eggs, we investigated whether the most contaminated parent birds are less able to provide appropriate egg warming and thus less committed to incubating their clutch. Specifically, we investigated the relationships among 3 groups of contaminants (organochlorines, perfluoroalkyl substances [PFASs], and mercury [Hg]) with T inc and also with prolactin concentrations and brood patch size in incubating Arctic black‐legged kittiwakes ( Rissa tridactyla ). Our results reveal that among the organochlorines considered, only blood levels of oxychlordane, the main metabolite of chlordane, a banned pesticide, were negatively related to the minimum incubation temperature in male kittiwakes. Levels of PFASs and Hg were unrelated to T inc in kittiwakes. Moreover, our study suggests a possible underlying mechanism: since we reported a significant and negative association between blood oxychlordane concentrations and the size of the brood patch in males. Finally, this reduced T inc in the most oxychlordane‐contaminated kittiwakes was associated with a lower egg hatching probability. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:2881–2894. © 2018 SETAC Article in Journal/Newspaper rissa tridactyla Wiley Online Library Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 37 11 2881 2894 |
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Abstract In birds, incubation‐related behaviors and brood patch formation are influenced by hormonal regulation such as prolactin secretion. Brood patch provides efficient heat transfer between the incubating parent and the developing embryo in the egg. Importantly, several environmental contaminants are already known to have adverse effects on avian reproduction. However, relatively little is known about the effect of contaminants on incubation temperature ( T inc ) in wild birds. By using temperature thermistors placed into artificial eggs, we investigated whether the most contaminated parent birds are less able to provide appropriate egg warming and thus less committed to incubating their clutch. Specifically, we investigated the relationships among 3 groups of contaminants (organochlorines, perfluoroalkyl substances [PFASs], and mercury [Hg]) with T inc and also with prolactin concentrations and brood patch size in incubating Arctic black‐legged kittiwakes ( Rissa tridactyla ). Our results reveal that among the organochlorines considered, only blood levels of oxychlordane, the main metabolite of chlordane, a banned pesticide, were negatively related to the minimum incubation temperature in male kittiwakes. Levels of PFASs and Hg were unrelated to T inc in kittiwakes. Moreover, our study suggests a possible underlying mechanism: since we reported a significant and negative association between blood oxychlordane concentrations and the size of the brood patch in males. Finally, this reduced T inc in the most oxychlordane‐contaminated kittiwakes was associated with a lower egg hatching probability. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:2881–2894. © 2018 SETAC |
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Blévin, Pierre Shaffer, Scott A. Bustamante, Paco Angelier, Frédéric Picard, Baptiste Herzke, Dorte Moe, Børge Gabrielsen, Geir Wing Bustnes, Jan Ove Chastel, Olivier |
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Blévin, Pierre Shaffer, Scott A. Bustamante, Paco Angelier, Frédéric Picard, Baptiste Herzke, Dorte Moe, Børge Gabrielsen, Geir Wing Bustnes, Jan Ove Chastel, Olivier Organochlorines, perfluoroalkyl substances, mercury, and egg incubation temperature in an Arctic seabird: Insights from data loggers |
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Blévin, Pierre Shaffer, Scott A. Bustamante, Paco Angelier, Frédéric Picard, Baptiste Herzke, Dorte Moe, Børge Gabrielsen, Geir Wing Bustnes, Jan Ove Chastel, Olivier |
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Organochlorines, perfluoroalkyl substances, mercury, and egg incubation temperature in an Arctic seabird: Insights from data loggers |
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Organochlorines, perfluoroalkyl substances, mercury, and egg incubation temperature in an Arctic seabird: Insights from data loggers |
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Organochlorines, perfluoroalkyl substances, mercury, and egg incubation temperature in an Arctic seabird: Insights from data loggers |
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Organochlorines, perfluoroalkyl substances, mercury, and egg incubation temperature in an Arctic seabird: Insights from data loggers |
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Organochlorines, perfluoroalkyl substances, mercury, and egg incubation temperature in an Arctic seabird: Insights from data loggers |
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organochlorines, perfluoroalkyl substances, mercury, and egg incubation temperature in an arctic seabird: insights from data loggers |
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