Petroleum ingestion reduces reproduction in Cassin's Auklets |
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Authors: | David G Ainley CR Grau Thomas E Roudybush Stephen H Morrell JM Utts |
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Institution: | 1. Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA 94970, USA;2. Department of Avian Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA;3. Division of Statistics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA |
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Abstract: | Sublethal doses of petroleum reduced reproduction in a free-living seabird, Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus), nesting on Southeast Farallon Island, California. The proportion of birds laying eggs was reduced 9–13 days after ingestion by gelatin capsule of 300, 600 or 1000 mg bunker C fuel oil, or 1000 mg Prudhoe Bay crude oil. In addition, among those auklets that eventually laid eggs, hatching was reduced by doses of 1000 mg of bunker C but was unaffected by other treatments. Chick development after hatching was unaffected by any treatment. The total time of egg formation from onset of rapid yolk formation to laying was 13 days, and it is early in this period that auklets are vulnerable to petroleum. |
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