Nest survival of Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima) in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, damaging coastal ecosystems. Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima)-a year-round resident of Gulf Coast salt marshes-were exposed to oil, as shown by published isotopic and molecular ana...

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Autores principales: Megan E Hart, Anna Perez-Umphrey, Philip C Stouffer, Christine Bergeon Burns, Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati, Sabrina S Taylor, Stefan Woltmann
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2d86d3f006ae483bbdd0d55fab1366162021-12-02T20:13:29ZNest survival of Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima) in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0259022https://doaj.org/article/2d86d3f006ae483bbdd0d55fab1366162021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259022https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, damaging coastal ecosystems. Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima)-a year-round resident of Gulf Coast salt marshes-were exposed to oil, as shown by published isotopic and molecular analyses, but fitness consequences have not been clarified. We monitored nests around two bays in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA from 2012-2017 to assess possible impacts on the nesting biology of Seaside Sparrows. A majority of nests failed (76% of known-fate nests, N = 252 nests, 3521 exposure-days) during our study, and predation was the main cause of nest failure (~91% of failed nests). Logistic exposure analysis revealed that daily nest survival rate: (1) was greater at nests with denser vegetation at nest height, (2) was higher in the more sheltered bay we studied, (3) decreased over the course of the breeding season in each year, and (4) was not correlated with either sediment polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations or estimated predator abundance during the years for which we had those data. Although the Deepwater Horizon spill impacted other aspects of Seaside Sparrow ecology, we found no definitive effect of initial oiling or oiled sediment on nest survival during 2012-2017. Because predation was the overwhelming cause of nest failure in our study, additional work on these communities is needed to fully understand demographic and ecological impacts of storms, oil spills, other pollutants, and sea-level rise on Seaside Sparrows and their predators.Megan E HartAnna Perez-UmphreyPhilip C StoufferChristine Bergeon BurnsAndrea Bonisoli-AlquatiSabrina S TaylorStefan WoltmannPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10, p e0259022 (2021)
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Megan E Hart
Anna Perez-Umphrey
Philip C Stouffer
Christine Bergeon Burns
Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati
Sabrina S Taylor
Stefan Woltmann
Nest survival of Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima) in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
description In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, damaging coastal ecosystems. Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima)-a year-round resident of Gulf Coast salt marshes-were exposed to oil, as shown by published isotopic and molecular analyses, but fitness consequences have not been clarified. We monitored nests around two bays in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA from 2012-2017 to assess possible impacts on the nesting biology of Seaside Sparrows. A majority of nests failed (76% of known-fate nests, N = 252 nests, 3521 exposure-days) during our study, and predation was the main cause of nest failure (~91% of failed nests). Logistic exposure analysis revealed that daily nest survival rate: (1) was greater at nests with denser vegetation at nest height, (2) was higher in the more sheltered bay we studied, (3) decreased over the course of the breeding season in each year, and (4) was not correlated with either sediment polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations or estimated predator abundance during the years for which we had those data. Although the Deepwater Horizon spill impacted other aspects of Seaside Sparrow ecology, we found no definitive effect of initial oiling or oiled sediment on nest survival during 2012-2017. Because predation was the overwhelming cause of nest failure in our study, additional work on these communities is needed to fully understand demographic and ecological impacts of storms, oil spills, other pollutants, and sea-level rise on Seaside Sparrows and their predators.
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author Megan E Hart
Anna Perez-Umphrey
Philip C Stouffer
Christine Bergeon Burns
Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati
Sabrina S Taylor
Stefan Woltmann
author_facet Megan E Hart
Anna Perez-Umphrey
Philip C Stouffer
Christine Bergeon Burns
Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati
Sabrina S Taylor
Stefan Woltmann
author_sort Megan E Hart
title Nest survival of Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima) in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
title_short Nest survival of Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima) in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
title_full Nest survival of Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima) in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
title_fullStr Nest survival of Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima) in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
title_full_unstemmed Nest survival of Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima) in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
title_sort nest survival of seaside sparrows (ammospiza maritima) in the wake of the deepwater horizon oil spill.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/2d86d3f006ae483bbdd0d55fab136616
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