Does Water Temperature Affect the Timing and Duration of Remigial Moult in Sea Ducks? An Experimental Approach
Aquatic birds have high cost of thermoregulation, especially during the moulting period, yet the effect of water temperature on the moulting strategy of aquatic birds has rarely been studied. Our general hypothesis is that energy savings associated with lower thermoregulation costs would be allocate...
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Research Article Biology and Life Sciences Zoology Animal Anatomy Feathers Physiology Physiological Processes Molting Medicine and Health Sciences Organisms Animals Vertebrates Amniotes Birds Biomechanics Biological Locomotion Flight (Biology) Bird Flight Ornithology Physiological Parameters Body Temperature Earth Sciences Hydrology Sea Water Behavior Animal Behavior Animal Migration General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Medicine envir anthro-se |
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Research Article Biology and Life Sciences Zoology Animal Anatomy Feathers Physiology Physiological Processes Molting Medicine and Health Sciences Organisms Animals Vertebrates Amniotes Birds Biomechanics Biological Locomotion Flight (Biology) Bird Flight Ornithology Physiological Parameters Body Temperature Earth Sciences Hydrology Sea Water Behavior Animal Behavior Animal Migration General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Medicine envir anthro-se Anouck Viain Magella Guillemette Does Water Temperature Affect the Timing and Duration of Remigial Moult in Sea Ducks? An Experimental Approach |
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Research Article Biology and Life Sciences Zoology Animal Anatomy Feathers Physiology Physiological Processes Molting Medicine and Health Sciences Organisms Animals Vertebrates Amniotes Birds Biomechanics Biological Locomotion Flight (Biology) Bird Flight Ornithology Physiological Parameters Body Temperature Earth Sciences Hydrology Sea Water Behavior Animal Behavior Animal Migration General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Medicine envir anthro-se |
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Aquatic birds have high cost of thermoregulation, especially during the moulting period, yet the effect of water temperature on the moulting strategy of aquatic birds has rarely been studied. Our general hypothesis is that energy savings associated with lower thermoregulation costs would be allocated to moulting processes. We predicted that aquatic birds moulting in warm water would have a higher level of body reserves, a faster growth rate of feathers, and an earlier remigial moult onset compared with birds moulting in cold water. We used the common eider (Somateria mollissima dresseri), a large sea duck, as the model species. Captive individuals were experimentally exposed to warm (18°C) and cold (8°C) water treatments during a three year period with individuals swapped between treatments. We found a similar feather growth rate for the two water temperature treatments and in contrast to our predictions, eiders exposed to warm water had a lower body mass and showed a delayed onset of remigial moult of approximately 7 days compared with those exposed to cold water. Our data indicate that body mass variations influence the timing of moult in unexpected ways and we suggest that it likely controls the occurrence of wing moult through a hormonal cascade. This study emphasizes the importance of improving our knowledge of the effects of water temperature on remigial moult of aquatic birds, to better assert the potential effects of global warming on their survival. |
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Does Water Temperature Affect the Timing and Duration of Remigial Moult in Sea Ducks? An Experimental Approach |
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Does Water Temperature Affect the Timing and Duration of Remigial Moult in Sea Ducks? An Experimental Approach |
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Does Water Temperature Affect the Timing and Duration of Remigial Moult in Sea Ducks? An Experimental Approach |
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Does Water Temperature Affect the Timing and Duration of Remigial Moult in Sea Ducks? An Experimental Approach |
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Does Water Temperature Affect the Timing and Duration of Remigial Moult in Sea Ducks? An Experimental Approach |
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does water temperature affect the timing and duration of remigial moult in sea ducks? an experimental approach |
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::d121f66d6c9e9ad5f28db275013fbdc8 2023-05-15T15:55:58+02:00 Does Water Temperature Affect the Timing and Duration of Remigial Moult in Sea Ducks? An Experimental Approach Anouck Viain Magella Guillemette 2016-05-13 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4866700 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155253 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0155253&type=printable https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4866700/ https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016PLoSO.1155253V/abstract http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/asset?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0155253.PDF https://paperity.org/p/80604375/does-water-temperature-affect-the-timing-and-duration-of-remigial-moult-in-sea-ducks-an https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2374477641 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4866700?pdf=render en eng Public Library of Science http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4866700 https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155253 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155253 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155253 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0155253&type=printable https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4866700/ https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016PLoSO.1155253V/abstract http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/asset?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0155253.PDF https://paperity.org/p/80604375/does-water-temperature-affect-the-timing-and-duration-of-remigial-moult-in-sea-ducks-an https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2374477641 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4866700?pdf=render lic_creative-commons oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4866700 27177039 10.1371/journal.pone.0155253 2374477641 oai:doaj.org/article:4ca2664851714a1fb9e80513abc54b67 10|opendoar____::eda80a3d5b344bc40f3bc04f65b7a357 10|opendoar____::8b6dd7db9af49e67306feb59a8bdc52c 10|openaire____::55045bd2a65019fd8e6741a755395c8c 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 10|doajarticles::830e55b42c4aaa815c19cfa4f2e5855e 10|openaire____::8ac8380272269217cb09a928c8caa993 10|openaire____::5f532a3fc4f1ea403f37070f59a7a53a 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 10|driver______::bee53aa31dc2cbb538c10c2b65fa5824 Research Article Biology and Life Sciences Zoology Animal Anatomy Feathers Physiology Physiological Processes Molting Medicine and Health Sciences Organisms Animals Vertebrates Amniotes Birds Biomechanics Biological Locomotion Flight (Biology) Bird Flight Ornithology Physiological Parameters Body Temperature Earth Sciences Hydrology Sea Water Behavior Animal Behavior Animal Migration General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Medicine envir anthro-se Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2016 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155253 2023-01-22T17:32:05Z Aquatic birds have high cost of thermoregulation, especially during the moulting period, yet the effect of water temperature on the moulting strategy of aquatic birds has rarely been studied. Our general hypothesis is that energy savings associated with lower thermoregulation costs would be allocated to moulting processes. We predicted that aquatic birds moulting in warm water would have a higher level of body reserves, a faster growth rate of feathers, and an earlier remigial moult onset compared with birds moulting in cold water. We used the common eider (Somateria mollissima dresseri), a large sea duck, as the model species. Captive individuals were experimentally exposed to warm (18°C) and cold (8°C) water treatments during a three year period with individuals swapped between treatments. We found a similar feather growth rate for the two water temperature treatments and in contrast to our predictions, eiders exposed to warm water had a lower body mass and showed a delayed onset of remigial moult of approximately 7 days compared with those exposed to cold water. Our data indicate that body mass variations influence the timing of moult in unexpected ways and we suggest that it likely controls the occurrence of wing moult through a hormonal cascade. This study emphasizes the importance of improving our knowledge of the effects of water temperature on remigial moult of aquatic birds, to better assert the potential effects of global warming on their survival. Article in Journal/Newspaper Common Eider Somateria mollissima Unknown PLOS ONE 11 5 e0155253 |