Integument colouration in relation to persistent organic pollutants and body condition in arctic breeding black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla).
International audience Vertebrates cannot synthetize carotenoids de novo but have to acquire them through their diet. In birds, carotenoids are responsible for the yellow to red colouration of many secondary sexual traits. They are also involved in physiological functions such as immunostimulation a...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-00873102v1 2023-05-15T14:54:47+02:00 Integument colouration in relation to persistent organic pollutants and body condition in arctic breeding black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla). Blévin, Pierre Tartu, Sabrina Angelier, Frédéric Leclaire, Sarah Bustnes, Jan Ove Moe, Borge Herzke, Dorte Gabrielsen, Geir Wing Chastel, Olivier Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées Division of Arctic Ecology (NINA) Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) Norwegian Institute for Air Research (FRAM) High North Research Centre on Climate and the Environment Norvegian Polar Research Institute (NPRI) Norwegian Polar Institute 2013-10-18 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00873102 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.049 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.049 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/24140695 hal-00873102 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00873102 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.049 PUBMED: 24140695 ISSN: 0048-9697 EISSN: 1879-1026 Science of the Total Environment https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00873102 Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier, 2013, 470-471C, pp.248-254. ⟨10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.049⟩ Arctic Seabird Carotenoid Contamination Pesticide PCB [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2013 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.049 2021-10-24T14:30:45Z International audience Vertebrates cannot synthetize carotenoids de novo but have to acquire them through their diet. In birds, carotenoids are responsible for the yellow to red colouration of many secondary sexual traits. They are also involved in physiological functions such as immunostimulation and immunoregulation. Consequently, carotenoid-based colouration is very often considered as a reliable signal for health and foraging abilities. Although a few studies have suggested that carotenoid-based coloured traits could be sensitive to environmental pollution such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) contamination, the relationships between pollutants and colouration remain unclear. Here, we examined the relationships between the colouration of carotenoid-based integuments and individual POP levels in pre-laying female black-legged kittiwakes from very high latitudes. In this area, these arctic seabirds are exposed to high POPs contamination. Additionally, we investigated the relationships between colouration and body condition, a frequently used index of individual quality. We found a negative relationship between POP levels and several components of integument colouration: saturation of eye-ring, gapes and tongue, suggesting that POPs could disrupt colouration of labile integuments in female kittiwakes. In addition, we found that females in better body condition displayed more orange and brighter gapes and tongue than females in poor body condition. These results demonstrate that hue and brightness are sensitive to the current health and nutritional status of female kittiwakes. Overall, our study shows that carotenoid-based colour integuments can be affected by several environmental-driven variables. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic rissa tridactyla Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Arctic Science of The Total Environment 470-471 248 254 |
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Arctic Seabird Carotenoid Contamination Pesticide PCB [SDE]Environmental Sciences Blévin, Pierre Tartu, Sabrina Angelier, Frédéric Leclaire, Sarah Bustnes, Jan Ove Moe, Borge Herzke, Dorte Gabrielsen, Geir Wing Chastel, Olivier Integument colouration in relation to persistent organic pollutants and body condition in arctic breeding black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla). |
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International audience Vertebrates cannot synthetize carotenoids de novo but have to acquire them through their diet. In birds, carotenoids are responsible for the yellow to red colouration of many secondary sexual traits. They are also involved in physiological functions such as immunostimulation and immunoregulation. Consequently, carotenoid-based colouration is very often considered as a reliable signal for health and foraging abilities. Although a few studies have suggested that carotenoid-based coloured traits could be sensitive to environmental pollution such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) contamination, the relationships between pollutants and colouration remain unclear. Here, we examined the relationships between the colouration of carotenoid-based integuments and individual POP levels in pre-laying female black-legged kittiwakes from very high latitudes. In this area, these arctic seabirds are exposed to high POPs contamination. Additionally, we investigated the relationships between colouration and body condition, a frequently used index of individual quality. We found a negative relationship between POP levels and several components of integument colouration: saturation of eye-ring, gapes and tongue, suggesting that POPs could disrupt colouration of labile integuments in female kittiwakes. In addition, we found that females in better body condition displayed more orange and brighter gapes and tongue than females in poor body condition. These results demonstrate that hue and brightness are sensitive to the current health and nutritional status of female kittiwakes. Overall, our study shows that carotenoid-based colour integuments can be affected by several environmental-driven variables. |
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Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées Division of Arctic Ecology (NINA) Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) Norwegian Institute for Air Research (FRAM) High North Research Centre on Climate and the Environment Norvegian Polar Research Institute (NPRI) Norwegian Polar Institute |
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Integument colouration in relation to persistent organic pollutants and body condition in arctic breeding black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla). |
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Integument colouration in relation to persistent organic pollutants and body condition in arctic breeding black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla). |
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Integument colouration in relation to persistent organic pollutants and body condition in arctic breeding black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla). |
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Integument colouration in relation to persistent organic pollutants and body condition in arctic breeding black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla). |
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Integument colouration in relation to persistent organic pollutants and body condition in arctic breeding black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla). |
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integument colouration in relation to persistent organic pollutants and body condition in arctic breeding black-legged kittiwakes (rissa tridactyla). |
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ISSN: 0048-9697 EISSN: 1879-1026 Science of the Total Environment https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00873102 Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier, 2013, 470-471C, pp.248-254. ⟨10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.049⟩ |
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