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dc.contributor.authorLøseth, Mari Engvig
dc.contributor.authorFlo, Jørgen
dc.contributor.authorSonne, Christian
dc.contributor.authorHavnsøe Krogh, Anne Kirstine
dc.contributor.authorNygård, Torgeir
dc.contributor.authorBustnes, Jan Ove
dc.contributor.authorJenssen, Bjørn Munro
dc.contributor.authorJaspers, Veerle
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-28T08:02:03Z
dc.date.available2019-08-28T08:02:03Z
dc.date.created2019-08-22T17:55:43Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Research. 2019, 177 (108586), .nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0013-9351
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2611303
dc.description.abstractEnvironmental exposure to organohalogenated contaminants (OHCs), even at low concentrations, may cause detrimental effects on the development and health of wild birds. The present study investigated if environmental exposure to OHCs may influence the variation of multiple physiological parameters in Norwegian white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) nestlings. Plasma and feather samples were obtained from 70 nestlings at two archipelagos in Norway in 2015 and 2016. The selected physiological parameters were plasma concentrations of thyroid hormones (thyroxine, T4 and triiodothyronine, T3), plasma proteins (prealbumin, albumin, α1-, α2-, β- and γ-globulins) and selected blood clinical chemical parameters (BCCPs) associated with liver and kidney functioning. Feather concentrations of corticosterone (CORTf) were also included to investigate the overall stress level of the nestlings. Concentrations of all studied physiological parameters were within the ranges of those found in other species of free-living birds of prey nestlings and indicated that the white-tailed eagle nestlings were in good health. Our statistical models indicated that perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and legacy OHCs, such as polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorinated pesticides and polybrominated diphenyl ethers, influenced only a minor fraction of the variation of plasma thyroid hormones, prealbumin and CORTf (5–15%), and partly explained the selected BCCPs (<26%). Most of the variation in each studied physiological parameter was explained by variation between nests, which is most likely due to natural physiological variation of nestlings in these nests. This indicates the importance of accounting for between nest variation in future studies. In the present nestlings, OHC concentrations were relatively low and seem to have played a secondary role compared to natural variation concerning the variation of physiological parameters. However, our study also indicates a potential for OHC-induced effects on thyroid hormones, CORTf, prealbumin and BCCPs, which could be of concern in birds exposed to higher OHC concentrations than the present white-tailed eagle nestlings.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherElseviernb_NO
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935119303834
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleThe influence of natural variation and organohalogenated contaminants on physiological parameters in white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) nestlings from Norwaynb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber9nb_NO
dc.source.volume177nb_NO
dc.source.journalEnvironmental Researchnb_NO
dc.source.issue108586nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.envres.2019.108586
dc.identifier.cristin1718146
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 230465nb_NO
dc.description.localcode© 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/)nb_NO
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cristin.unitnameInstitutt for biologi
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