Effects of oil transferred from incubating gulls to their eggs
No. 2 fuel oil, or water, was applied to the breast feathers of incubating laughing gulls trapped at their nest site on an island colony in Texas. Gulls were released after treatment and allowed to incubate their eggs for 5 days. Oil was transferred from the feathers of incubating adults to their eg...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Marine pollution bulletin 1979-01, Vol.10 (11), p.319-321 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | No. 2 fuel oil, or water, was applied to the breast feathers of incubating laughing gulls trapped at their nest site on an island colony in Texas. Gulls were released after treatment and allowed to incubate their eggs for 5 days. Oil was transferred from the feathers of incubating adults to their eggs and resulted in 41% embryo mortality compared with 2% in controls. |
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| ISSN: | 0025-326X 1879-3363 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0025-326X(79)90399-0 |