Indices of stress and immune function in Arctic barnacle goslings ( Branta leucopsis ) were impacted by social isolation but not a contaminated grazing environment

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: de Jong, Margje, Scheiber, Isabella B.R., Brink, Nico W. van den, Braun, Anna, Matson, Kevin, Komdeur, Jan, Loonen, Maarten J.J.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Heavy metals; Natural antibodies; Nitric oxide; Acute phase proteins; Complement; Corticosterone; FINCH TAENIOPYGIA-GUTTATA; HEAVY-METAL POLLUTION; ZEBRA FINCH; ADRENOCORTICAL RESPONSES; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; ECOLOGICAL IMMUNOLOGY; CORTICOSTERONE LEVELS; EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY; TACHYCINETA-BICOLOR; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; Arctic; Finch; Svalbard; Branta leucopsis; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/5d22a4b2-8cd8-4a90-a1f8-392004241751; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/5d22a4b2-8cd8-4a90-a1f8-392004241751; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.183; https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/46569645/1_s2.0_S0048969717312901_main.pdf

In many areas around the Arctic remains and spoil heaps of old mines can be found, which have been abandoned after their heydays. Runoff from tailings of these abandoned mines can directly contaminate the local environment with elevated concentrations of trace metals. Few studies have investigated t...