Liver and kidney concentrations of vanadium in oiled seabirds after the Erika wreck

International audience Vanadium was measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in the liver and kidney of several oiled seabirds that were stranded on the French Atlantic coasts after the Erika wreck and died in wildlife care Centers. Estimated averages were 30 to 77 ng g−1 wet weight (ww) in t...

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Published in:Science of The Total Environment
Main Authors: Kammerer, M., Mastain, O., Le Deran-Quenech'Du, S., Pouliquen, Herve, Larhantec-Verdier, Michaëlle
Other Authors: Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes, Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Développement Durable et de la Mer (MEEDDM), Eco Solar Ouest, Partenaires INRAE, Chimiothérapie Aquacole et Environnement (CAE), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2004
Subjects:
VANADIUM
OIL SPILL
URIA AALGE
SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA
ALCA TORDA
MELANITTA NIGRA
[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology
environment
Alca torda
Melanitta nigra
Somateria mollissima
Uria aalge
uria
Online Access:https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02683424
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.05.014
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Summary:International audience Vanadium was measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in the liver and kidney of several oiled seabirds that were stranded on the French Atlantic coasts after the Erika wreck and died in wildlife care Centers. Estimated averages were 30 to 77 ng g−1 wet weight (ww) in the liver and 52 to 72 ng g−1 wet weight in the kidney. These concentrations were not higher in oiled birds than in dead birds found later, without visible traces of petroleum on beaches not affected by the Erika pollution. Vanadium hepatic and renal concentrations do not seem to be appropriate biomarkers for recent exposure to fuel in seabirds.

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