Mercury concentrations in primary feathers reflect pollutant exposure in discrete non-breeding grounds used by Short-tailed Shearwaters
We measured mercury concentrations ([Hg]) and nitrogen stable isotope ratios (delta N-15) in the primary feathers of Short-tailed Shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) that were tracked year-round. The [Hg] were highest in 14 birds that used the Okhotsk and northern Japan Seas during the non-breeding...
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fthokunivhus:oai:eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp:2115/62327 2023-05-15T15:43:40+02:00 Mercury concentrations in primary feathers reflect pollutant exposure in discrete non-breeding grounds used by Short-tailed Shearwaters Watanuki, Yutaka Yamamoto, Takashi Yamashita, Ai Ishii, Chihiro Ikenaka, Yoshinori Nakayama, Shouta M. M. Ishizuka, Mayumi Suzuki, Yuya Niizuma, Yasuaki Meathrel, C. E. Phillips, R. A. http://hdl.handle.net/2115/62327 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-015-1205-6 eng eng Springer http://hdl.handle.net/2115/62327 Journal of ornithology, 156(3): 847-850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-015-1205-6 The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-015-1205-6 Geolocator Trophic level Northern North Pacific Monitoring 660 article (author version) fthokunivhus https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-015-1205-6 2022-11-18T01:03:31Z We measured mercury concentrations ([Hg]) and nitrogen stable isotope ratios (delta N-15) in the primary feathers of Short-tailed Shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) that were tracked year-round. The [Hg] were highest in 14 birds that used the Okhotsk and northern Japan Seas during the non-breeding period (2.5 +/- A 1.4 mu g/g), lowest in nine birds that used the eastern Bering Sea (0.8 +/- A 0.2 mu g/g), and intermediate in five birds that used both regions (1.0 +/- A 0.5 mu g/g), with no effects of delta N-15. The results illustrate that samples from seabirds can provide a useful means of monitoring pollution at a large spatial scale. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Sea Puffinus tenuirostris Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (HUSCAP) Bering Sea Okhotsk Pacific Journal of Ornithology 156 3 847 850 |
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Geolocator Trophic level Northern North Pacific Monitoring 660 Watanuki, Yutaka Yamamoto, Takashi Yamashita, Ai Ishii, Chihiro Ikenaka, Yoshinori Nakayama, Shouta M. M. Ishizuka, Mayumi Suzuki, Yuya Niizuma, Yasuaki Meathrel, C. E. Phillips, R. A. Mercury concentrations in primary feathers reflect pollutant exposure in discrete non-breeding grounds used by Short-tailed Shearwaters |
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We measured mercury concentrations ([Hg]) and nitrogen stable isotope ratios (delta N-15) in the primary feathers of Short-tailed Shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) that were tracked year-round. The [Hg] were highest in 14 birds that used the Okhotsk and northern Japan Seas during the non-breeding period (2.5 +/- A 1.4 mu g/g), lowest in nine birds that used the eastern Bering Sea (0.8 +/- A 0.2 mu g/g), and intermediate in five birds that used both regions (1.0 +/- A 0.5 mu g/g), with no effects of delta N-15. The results illustrate that samples from seabirds can provide a useful means of monitoring pollution at a large spatial scale. |
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Watanuki, Yutaka Yamamoto, Takashi Yamashita, Ai Ishii, Chihiro Ikenaka, Yoshinori Nakayama, Shouta M. M. Ishizuka, Mayumi Suzuki, Yuya Niizuma, Yasuaki Meathrel, C. E. Phillips, R. A. |
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Watanuki, Yutaka Yamamoto, Takashi Yamashita, Ai Ishii, Chihiro Ikenaka, Yoshinori Nakayama, Shouta M. M. Ishizuka, Mayumi Suzuki, Yuya Niizuma, Yasuaki Meathrel, C. E. Phillips, R. A. |
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Watanuki, Yutaka |
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Mercury concentrations in primary feathers reflect pollutant exposure in discrete non-breeding grounds used by Short-tailed Shearwaters |
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Mercury concentrations in primary feathers reflect pollutant exposure in discrete non-breeding grounds used by Short-tailed Shearwaters |
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Mercury concentrations in primary feathers reflect pollutant exposure in discrete non-breeding grounds used by Short-tailed Shearwaters |
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Mercury concentrations in primary feathers reflect pollutant exposure in discrete non-breeding grounds used by Short-tailed Shearwaters |
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Mercury concentrations in primary feathers reflect pollutant exposure in discrete non-breeding grounds used by Short-tailed Shearwaters |
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mercury concentrations in primary feathers reflect pollutant exposure in discrete non-breeding grounds used by short-tailed shearwaters |
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Bering Sea Okhotsk Pacific |
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Bering Sea Puffinus tenuirostris |
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Bering Sea Puffinus tenuirostris |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2115/62327 Journal of ornithology, 156(3): 847-850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-015-1205-6 |
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