Trace element concentrations in feathers from three seabird species breeding in the Timor Sea
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2020-01-29Submitted date
2020-03-10Subject Terms
Brown boobyHeavy metals
Lesser frigatebird
Masked booby
Offshore development
Western Australia
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Mobile marine predators, such as seabirds, are frequently used as broad samplers of contaminants that are widespread in the marine environment. The Timor Sea off remote Western Australia is a poorly studied, yet rapidly expanding area of offshore development. To provide much needed data on contamination in this region, we quantified trace element concentrations in breast feathers of three seabird species breeding on Bedout Island. While adult Masked Boobies Sula dactylatra exhibited some of the highest concentrations, values for all species were below toxicology thresholds for seabirds and were comparable to those reported in other closely related species. The low concentrations detected in the birds provide a valuable baseline and suggest that the local marine environment around Bedout is in relatively good condition. However, careful monitoring is warranted in light increasing anthropogenic activity in this region.Citation
Jennifer L. Lavers, Emma Humphreys-Williams, Nicholas J. Crameri, Alexander L. Bond, Trace element concentrations in feathers from three seabird species breeding in the Timor Sea, Marine Pollution Bulletin,Volume 151,2020,110876,ISSN 0025-326X,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110876. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X1931032X)Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Marine Pollution BulletinType
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© 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd. The attached file is the final authors' accepted manuscript version.ISSN
0025-326Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110876
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