Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds
Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of mercury (Hg) on Arctic biota in 2011 and 2018, there has been a considerable number of new Arctic bird studies. This review article provides contemporary Hg exposure and potential health risk for...
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Arctic Birds Mercury Toxicity benchmarks Toxicological effects Chastel, Olivier Fort, Jérôme Ackerman, Joshua T Albert, Céline Angelier, Frédéric Basu, Niladri Blévin, Pierre Brault-Favrou, Maud Bustnes, Jan Ove Bustamante, Paco Danielsen, Jóhannis Descamps, Sébastien Dietz, Rune Erikstad, Kjell Einar Eulaers, Igor Ezhov, Alexey Fleishman, Abram B Gabrielsen, Geir W Gavrilo, Maria Gilchrist, Grant Gilg, Olivier Gíslason, Sindri Golubova, Elena Goutte, Aurélie Grémillet, David Hallgrimsson, Gunnar T Hansen, Erpur S Hanssen, Sveinn Are Hatch, Scott Huffeldt, Nicholas P Jakubas, Dariusz Jónsson, Jón Einar Kitaysky, Alexander S Kolbeinsson, Yann Krasnov, Yuri Letcher, Robert J Linnebjerg, Jannie F Mallory, Mark Merkel, Flemming Ravn Moe, Børge Montevecchi, William J Mosbech, Anders Olsen, Bergur Orben, Rachael A Provencher, Jennifer F Ragnarsdottir, Sunna B Reiertsen, Tone K Rojek, Nora Romano, Marc Søndergaard, Jens Strøm, Hallvard Takahashi, Akinori Tartu, Sabrina Thórarinsson, Thorkell L Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste Will, Alexis P Wilson, Simon Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Katarzyna Yannic, Glenn Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds |
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Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of mercury (Hg) on Arctic biota in 2011 and 2018, there has been a considerable number of new Arctic bird studies. This review article provides contemporary Hg exposure and potential health risk for 36 Arctic seabird and shorebird species, representing a larger portion of the Arctic than during previous AMAP assessments now also including parts of the Russian Arctic. To assess risk to birds, we used Hg toxicity benchmarks established for blood and converted to egg, liver, and feather tissues. Several Arctic seabird populations showed Hg concentrations that exceeded toxicity benchmarks, with 50 % of individual birds exceeding the "no adverse health effect" level. In particular, 5 % of all studied birds were considered to be at moderate or higher risk to Hg toxicity. However, most seabirds (95 %) were generally at lower risk to Hg toxicity. The highest Hg contamination was observed in seabirds breeding in the western Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Most Arctic shorebirds exhibited low Hg concentrations, with approximately 45 % of individuals categorized at no risk, 2.5 % at high risk category, and no individual at severe risk. Although the majority Arctic-breeding seabirds and shorebirds appeared at lower risk to Hg toxicity, recent studies have reported deleterious effects of Hg on some pituitary hormones, genotoxicity, and reproductive performance. Adult survival appeared unaffected by Hg exposure, although long-term banding studies incorporating Hg are still limited. Although Hg contamination across the Arctic is considered low for most bird species, Hg in combination with other stressors, including other contaminants, diseases, parasites, and climate change, may still cause adverse effects. Future investigations on the global impact of Hg on Arctic birds should be conducted within a multi-stressor framework. This information helps to address Article 22 (Effectiveness Evaluation) of the Minamata Convention on ... |
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Chastel, Olivier Fort, Jérôme Ackerman, Joshua T Albert, Céline Angelier, Frédéric Basu, Niladri Blévin, Pierre Brault-Favrou, Maud Bustnes, Jan Ove Bustamante, Paco Danielsen, Jóhannis Descamps, Sébastien Dietz, Rune Erikstad, Kjell Einar Eulaers, Igor Ezhov, Alexey Fleishman, Abram B Gabrielsen, Geir W Gavrilo, Maria Gilchrist, Grant Gilg, Olivier Gíslason, Sindri Golubova, Elena Goutte, Aurélie Grémillet, David Hallgrimsson, Gunnar T Hansen, Erpur S Hanssen, Sveinn Are Hatch, Scott Huffeldt, Nicholas P Jakubas, Dariusz Jónsson, Jón Einar Kitaysky, Alexander S Kolbeinsson, Yann Krasnov, Yuri Letcher, Robert J Linnebjerg, Jannie F Mallory, Mark Merkel, Flemming Ravn Moe, Børge Montevecchi, William J Mosbech, Anders Olsen, Bergur Orben, Rachael A Provencher, Jennifer F Ragnarsdottir, Sunna B Reiertsen, Tone K Rojek, Nora Romano, Marc Søndergaard, Jens Strøm, Hallvard Takahashi, Akinori Tartu, Sabrina Thórarinsson, Thorkell L Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste Will, Alexis P Wilson, Simon Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Katarzyna Yannic, Glenn |
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Chastel, Olivier Fort, Jérôme Ackerman, Joshua T Albert, Céline Angelier, Frédéric Basu, Niladri Blévin, Pierre Brault-Favrou, Maud Bustnes, Jan Ove Bustamante, Paco Danielsen, Jóhannis Descamps, Sébastien Dietz, Rune Erikstad, Kjell Einar Eulaers, Igor Ezhov, Alexey Fleishman, Abram B Gabrielsen, Geir W Gavrilo, Maria Gilchrist, Grant Gilg, Olivier Gíslason, Sindri Golubova, Elena Goutte, Aurélie Grémillet, David Hallgrimsson, Gunnar T Hansen, Erpur S Hanssen, Sveinn Are Hatch, Scott Huffeldt, Nicholas P Jakubas, Dariusz Jónsson, Jón Einar Kitaysky, Alexander S Kolbeinsson, Yann Krasnov, Yuri Letcher, Robert J Linnebjerg, Jannie F Mallory, Mark Merkel, Flemming Ravn Moe, Børge Montevecchi, William J Mosbech, Anders Olsen, Bergur Orben, Rachael A Provencher, Jennifer F Ragnarsdottir, Sunna B Reiertsen, Tone K Rojek, Nora Romano, Marc Søndergaard, Jens Strøm, Hallvard Takahashi, Akinori Tartu, Sabrina Thórarinsson, Thorkell L Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste Will, Alexis P Wilson, Simon Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Katarzyna Yannic, Glenn |
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Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds |
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Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds |
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Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds |
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ftuniaarhuspubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/7f758092-d51b-4c2c-9ad7-e5609899fdd0 2024-04-21T07:44:48+00:00 Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds Chastel, Olivier Fort, Jérôme Ackerman, Joshua T Albert, Céline Angelier, Frédéric Basu, Niladri Blévin, Pierre Brault-Favrou, Maud Bustnes, Jan Ove Bustamante, Paco Danielsen, Jóhannis Descamps, Sébastien Dietz, Rune Erikstad, Kjell Einar Eulaers, Igor Ezhov, Alexey Fleishman, Abram B Gabrielsen, Geir W Gavrilo, Maria Gilchrist, Grant Gilg, Olivier Gíslason, Sindri Golubova, Elena Goutte, Aurélie Grémillet, David Hallgrimsson, Gunnar T Hansen, Erpur S Hanssen, Sveinn Are Hatch, Scott Huffeldt, Nicholas P Jakubas, Dariusz Jónsson, Jón Einar Kitaysky, Alexander S Kolbeinsson, Yann Krasnov, Yuri Letcher, Robert J Linnebjerg, Jannie F Mallory, Mark Merkel, Flemming Ravn Moe, Børge Montevecchi, William J Mosbech, Anders Olsen, Bergur Orben, Rachael A Provencher, Jennifer F Ragnarsdottir, Sunna B Reiertsen, Tone K Rojek, Nora Romano, Marc Søndergaard, Jens Strøm, Hallvard Takahashi, Akinori Tartu, Sabrina Thórarinsson, Thorkell L Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste Will, Alexis P Wilson, Simon Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Katarzyna Yannic, Glenn 2022-10 https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/7f758092-d51b-4c2c-9ad7-e5609899fdd0 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156944 eng eng https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/7f758092-d51b-4c2c-9ad7-e5609899fdd0 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Chastel , O , Fort , J , Ackerman , J T , Albert , C , Angelier , F , Basu , N , Blévin , P , Brault-Favrou , M , Bustnes , J O , Bustamante , P , Danielsen , J , Descamps , S , Dietz , R , Erikstad , K E , Eulaers , I , Ezhov , A , Fleishman , A B , Gabrielsen , G W , Gavrilo , M , Gilchrist , G , Gilg , O , Gíslason , S , Golubova , E , Goutte , A , Grémillet , D , Hallgrimsson , G T , Hansen , E S , Hanssen , S A , Hatch , S , Huffeldt , N P , Jakubas , D , Jónsson , J E , Kitaysky , A S , Kolbeinsson , Y , Krasnov , Y , Letcher , R J , Linnebjerg , J F , Mallory , M , Merkel , F R , Moe , B , Montevecchi , W J , Mosbech , A , Olsen , B , Orben , R A , Provencher , J F , Ragnarsdottir , S B , Reiertsen , T K , Rojek , N , Romano , M , Søndergaard , J , Strøm , H , Takahashi , A , Tartu , S , Thórarinsson , T L , Thiebot , J-B , Will , A P , Wilson , S , Wojczulanis-Jakubas , K & Yannic , G 2022 , ' Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds ' , The Science of the Total Environment , vol. 844 , pp. 156944 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156944 Arctic Birds Mercury Toxicity benchmarks Toxicological effects article 2022 ftuniaarhuspubl https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156944 2024-03-28T00:38:58Z Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of mercury (Hg) on Arctic biota in 2011 and 2018, there has been a considerable number of new Arctic bird studies. This review article provides contemporary Hg exposure and potential health risk for 36 Arctic seabird and shorebird species, representing a larger portion of the Arctic than during previous AMAP assessments now also including parts of the Russian Arctic. To assess risk to birds, we used Hg toxicity benchmarks established for blood and converted to egg, liver, and feather tissues. Several Arctic seabird populations showed Hg concentrations that exceeded toxicity benchmarks, with 50 % of individual birds exceeding the "no adverse health effect" level. In particular, 5 % of all studied birds were considered to be at moderate or higher risk to Hg toxicity. However, most seabirds (95 %) were generally at lower risk to Hg toxicity. The highest Hg contamination was observed in seabirds breeding in the western Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Most Arctic shorebirds exhibited low Hg concentrations, with approximately 45 % of individuals categorized at no risk, 2.5 % at high risk category, and no individual at severe risk. Although the majority Arctic-breeding seabirds and shorebirds appeared at lower risk to Hg toxicity, recent studies have reported deleterious effects of Hg on some pituitary hormones, genotoxicity, and reproductive performance. Adult survival appeared unaffected by Hg exposure, although long-term banding studies incorporating Hg are still limited. Although Hg contamination across the Arctic is considered low for most bird species, Hg in combination with other stressors, including other contaminants, diseases, parasites, and climate change, may still cause adverse effects. Future investigations on the global impact of Hg on Arctic birds should be conducted within a multi-stressor framework. This information helps to address Article 22 (Effectiveness Evaluation) of the Minamata Convention on ... Article in Journal/Newspaper AMAP Arctic Arctic birds Arctic Climate change Aarhus University: Research Science of The Total Environment 844 156944 |