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TI Mercury in seabird feathers: Insight on dietary habits and evidence for exposure levels in the western Indian Ocean
BT 
AF KOJADINOVIC, Jessica
   BUSTAMANTE, Paco
   CHURLAUD, Carine
   COSSON, Richard P.
   LE CORRE, Matthieu
AS 1:1,2,3;2:1;3:4;4:2;5:3;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;
C1 IFREMER Univ Rochelle, CNRS, UMR 6217, CRELA, F-17042 Rochelle, France.
   Univ Nantes, EMI, EA 2663, F-44322 Nantes, France.
   Univ La Reunion, ECOMAR, EA 33, F-97715 St Denis, France.
   Univ La Rochelle, CCA, F-17071 La Rochelle 9, France.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV NANTES, FRANCE
   UNIV LA REUNION, FRANCE
   UNIV LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE
SI UNIV-FRANCAISE
SE PDG-DOP-DCN-AGSAE-CRELA
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
IF 2.182
TC 24
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3416.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Tropical islands;Contamination;Bioaccumulation;Mercury;Trophic ecology;Marine birds
AB Breast feathers were used to estimate mercury levels in six marine birds nesting in the tropical western Indian Ocean, i.e. Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata), Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus), Lesser Noddy (Anous tenuirostris), Audubon Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri bailloni), Barau's Petrel (Pterodroma baraui) and the White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus). Juveniles consistently showed lower plumage mercury than adults. The lowest mean level was noted in juvenile Sooty Terns from the Glorioso Archipelago (0.05 mu g g(-1)). The highest levels were obtained for adult Barau's Petrels from Reunion Island (0.96 mu g g(-1)). An inter-site analysis of Sooty Tern showed higher mercury levels in birds nesting on Juan de Nova Island. Levels were low in comparison with values reported in the plumage of seabirds worldwide. The potential impacts of the size, the type (fish/ cephalopod) and the origin (epi-/meso-pelagic) of prey on mercury intake in birds are discussed. Although the diet composition of individuals within a species appeared to be quite variable, combining results on mercury levels with common knowledge of each species allowed additional information on their dietary and foraging habits to be unraveled. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY 2007
PD OCT
SO Science of The Total Environment
SN 0048-9697
PU Elsevier
VL 384
IS 1-3
UT 000250063700016
BP 194
EP 204
DI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.05.018
ID 3416
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