Integument colouration in relation to persistent organic pollutants and body condition in arctic breeding black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla)
Vertebrates cannot synthetize carotenoids de novo but have to acquire themthrough 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. Con...
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ftninstnf:oai:brage.nina.no:11250/2479097 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, Børge Herzke, Dorte Gabrielsen, Geir W. Chastel, Olivier 2014 application/octet-stream http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2479097 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.049 eng eng Norges forskningsråd: 234423 Science of the Total Environment. 2014, 470-471 248-254. urn:issn:0048-9697 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2479097 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.049 cristin:1064867 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no CC-BY-NC-ND 248-254 470-471 Science of the Total Environment Journal article Peer reviewed 2014 ftninstnf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.049 2021-12-23T07:16:52Z Vertebrates cannot synthetize carotenoids de novo but have to acquire themthrough 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 displayedmore 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. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Arctic Seabird Carotenoid Contamination Pesticide PCB acceptedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic rissa tridactyla Norwegian Institute for Nature Research: Brage NINA Arctic Science of The Total Environment 470-471 248 254 |
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Vertebrates cannot synthetize carotenoids de novo but have to acquire themthrough 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 displayedmore 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. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Arctic Seabird Carotenoid Contamination Pesticide PCB acceptedVersion |
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Blévin, Pierre Tartu, Sabrina Angelier, Frédéric Leclaire, Sarah Bustnes, Jan Ove Moe, Børge Herzke, Dorte Gabrielsen, Geir W. 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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Blévin, Pierre Tartu, Sabrina Angelier, Frédéric Leclaire, Sarah Bustnes, Jan Ove Moe, Børge Herzke, Dorte Gabrielsen, Geir W. Chastel, Olivier |
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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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