Endocrine status of a migratory bird potentially exposed to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: A case study of northern gannets breeding on Bonaventure Island, Eastern Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 473-474, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-116

  Franci, Cynthia D ^a   Guillemette, Magella ^b   Pelletier, Émilien ^c   Chastel, Olivier ^d   Bonnefoi, Salomé ^b   Verreault, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Deepwater Horizon; PAH; Prolactin; Seabirds; Sulidae

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONES; OIL SPILLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CORTICOSTERONE; DEEPWATER HORIZONS; PROLACTIN; SEABIRDS; SULIDAE;

BIRDS;

CORTICOSTERONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PROLACTIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORMONE; OIL POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GULF OF MEXICO; INCUBATION TIME; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MORUS BASSANUS; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; OVERWINTERING; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BONAVENTURE ISLAND; CANADA; GULF OF MEXICO; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE;

CORTICOSTERONE; DEEPWATER HORIZON; PAH; PROLACTIN; SEABIRDS; SULIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CANADA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84890848045     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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