Comparison of heavy metals from resident Larus dominicanus and migratory Leucophaeus pipixcan collected in Talcahuano, Chile

In this study we present data on heavy metal concentrations in feathers from two Chilean sea gull species: the resident kelp gull (n = 54) and the summer visiting Franklin's gull (59) sampled between 2008 and 2009. Average ± SD concentrations for As, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Hg were of 0.75 ± 0.21, 0.03...

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Autores principales: Sepúlveda,M, Gonzalez-Acuña,D
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Publicado: Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile 2014
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spelling oai:scielo:S0301-732X20140002000162014-09-11Comparison of heavy metals from resident Larus dominicanus and migratory Leucophaeus pipixcan collected in Talcahuano, ChileSepúlveda,MGonzalez-Acuña,D heavy metal contamination kelp gull Franklin gull molting In this study we present data on heavy metal concentrations in feathers from two Chilean sea gull species: the resident kelp gull (n = 54) and the summer visiting Franklin's gull (59) sampled between 2008 and 2009. Average ± SD concentrations for As, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Hg were of 0.75 ± 0.21, 0.03 ± 0.04, 19.5 ± 1.7, 5.9 ± 6.0, and 1.1 ± 0.1 μg/g for the kelp gull and of 0.764 ± 0.37, 0.15 ± 0.20, 4.1 ± 1.7, 2.6 ± 5.5, and 1.2 ± 0.2 μg/g for Franklin's gulls. These values are comparable to those reported for these species sampled in Chile and other places and are below levels known to cause adverse effects in seabirds. Differences in metal concentrations between species are likely due to differences in diet and timing of sampling in relation to molting.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFacultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de ChileArchivos de medicina veterinaria v.46 n.2 20142014-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0301-732X2014000200016en10.4067/S0301-732X2014000200016
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic heavy metal
contamination
kelp gull
Franklin gull
molting
spellingShingle heavy metal
contamination
kelp gull
Franklin gull
molting
Sepúlveda,M
Gonzalez-Acuña,D
Comparison of heavy metals from resident Larus dominicanus and migratory Leucophaeus pipixcan collected in Talcahuano, Chile
description In this study we present data on heavy metal concentrations in feathers from two Chilean sea gull species: the resident kelp gull (n = 54) and the summer visiting Franklin's gull (59) sampled between 2008 and 2009. Average ± SD concentrations for As, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Hg were of 0.75 ± 0.21, 0.03 ± 0.04, 19.5 ± 1.7, 5.9 ± 6.0, and 1.1 ± 0.1 μg/g for the kelp gull and of 0.764 ± 0.37, 0.15 ± 0.20, 4.1 ± 1.7, 2.6 ± 5.5, and 1.2 ± 0.2 μg/g for Franklin's gulls. These values are comparable to those reported for these species sampled in Chile and other places and are below levels known to cause adverse effects in seabirds. Differences in metal concentrations between species are likely due to differences in diet and timing of sampling in relation to molting.
author Sepúlveda,M
Gonzalez-Acuña,D
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Gonzalez-Acuña,D
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title Comparison of heavy metals from resident Larus dominicanus and migratory Leucophaeus pipixcan collected in Talcahuano, Chile
title_short Comparison of heavy metals from resident Larus dominicanus and migratory Leucophaeus pipixcan collected in Talcahuano, Chile
title_full Comparison of heavy metals from resident Larus dominicanus and migratory Leucophaeus pipixcan collected in Talcahuano, Chile
title_fullStr Comparison of heavy metals from resident Larus dominicanus and migratory Leucophaeus pipixcan collected in Talcahuano, Chile
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of heavy metals from resident Larus dominicanus and migratory Leucophaeus pipixcan collected in Talcahuano, Chile
title_sort comparison of heavy metals from resident larus dominicanus and migratory leucophaeus pipixcan collected in talcahuano, chile
publisher Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile
publishDate 2014
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