Ecotoxicology of persistent organic pollutants in birds

Y Hao, S Zheng, P Wang, H Sun, J Matsiko… - … Science: Processes & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Considering the explosive growth of the list of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), the
scientific community is combatting increasing challenges to protect humans and wildlife from …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of polychlorinated biphenyls, dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in wild birds

ML Harris, JE Elliott - … . CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca …, 2011 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), and
polychlori nated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) are structurally related families of persistent organic …

Compromised metamorphosis and thyroid hormone changes in wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) raised on reclaimed wetlands on the Athabasca oil sands

BD Hersikorn, JEG Smits - Environmental Pollution, 2011 - Elsevier
The wet landscape approach to oil sands tailings reclamation in the Athabasca Oil Sands
region involves creating wetlands from fluid tailings in mined-out pits. We measured time to …

Variation in immune function, body condition, and feather corticosterone in nestling tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) on reclaimed wetlands in the Athabasca oil …

NJ Harms, GD Fairhurst, GR Bortolotti, JEG Smits - Environmental Pollution, 2010 - Elsevier
In the Athabasca oil sands region of northern Alberta, mining companies are evaluating
reclamation using constructed wetlands for integration of tailings. From May to July 2008 …

Organochlorine pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyl residues in feathers of birds from different trophic levels of South-West Iran

RD Behrooz, A Esmaili-Sari, SM Ghasempouri… - Environment …, 2009 - Elsevier
Persistent organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
(DDT) and its metabolites, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), α, β and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane …

Swallows as a sentinel species for contaminant exposure and effect studies

CM Custer - Wildlife ecotoxicology: Forensic approaches, 2011 - Springer
Tree swallows are an important model species to study the effects of contaminants in wild
bird populations and have been used extensively in studies across North America. The …

Eurasian dipper eggs indicate elevated organohalogenated contaminants in urban rivers

CA Morrissey, DWG Stanton, MG Pereira… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Many urban European streams are recovering from industrial, mining, and sewage pollution
during the 20th century. However, associated recolonization by clean water organisms can …

Experimental evaluation of the usefulness of feathers as a non-destructive biomonitor for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) using silastic implants as a novel method …

E Van den Steen, A Covaci, VLB Jaspers… - Environment …, 2007 - Elsevier
Risk assessment of pollutants requires both monitoring studies in the field and experimental
exposure studies. In this study, we evaluated silastic implants as an alternative method of …

Stress response, biotransformation effort, and immunotoxicity in captive birds exposed to inhaled benzene, toluene, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide

L Cruz-Martinez, JEG Smits, K Fernie - Ecotoxicology and Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the oil sands of Alberta, Canada, toxicology research has largely neglected the effects of
air contaminants on biota. Captive Japanese quail (Coturnix c. japonica) and American …

The use of liver slices from the Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) to better understand the role of liver toxicity of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in …

EO Adawaren, L Mukandiwa, EM Njoya… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) was responsible for the death of
millions of vultures on the Asian subcontinent, following the consumption of diclofenac …