PMID- 24140695
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140813
LR  - 20140109
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 470-471
DP  - 2014 Feb 1
TI  - Integument colouration in relation to persistent organic pollutants and body 
      condition in arctic breeding black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla).
PG  - 248-54
LID - S0048-9697(13)01087-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.049 [doi]
AB  - Vertebrates cannot synthetize carotenoids de novo but have to acquire them 
      through their diet. In birds, carotenoids are responsible for the yellow to red 
      colouration of many secondary sexual traits. They are also involved in 
      physiological functions such as immunostimulation and immunoregulation. 
      Consequently, carotenoid-based colouration is very often considered as a reliable 
      signal for health and foraging abilities. Although a few studies have suggested 
      that carotenoid-based coloured traits could be sensitive to environmental 
      pollution such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) contamination, the 
      relationships between pollutants and colouration remain unclear. Here, we 
      examined the relationships between the colouration of carotenoid-based 
      integuments and individual POP levels in pre-laying female black-legged 
      kittiwakes from very high latitudes. In this area, these arctic seabirds are 
      exposed to high POPs contamination. Additionally, we investigated the 
      relationships between colouration and body condition, a frequently used index of 
      individual quality. We found a negative relationship between POP levels and 
      several components of integument colouration: saturation of eye-ring, gapes and 
      tongue, suggesting that POPs could disrupt colouration of labile integuments in 
      female kittiwakes. In addition, we found that females in better body condition 
      displayed more orange and brighter gapes and tongue than females in poor body 
      condition. These results demonstrate that hue and brightness are sensitive to the 
      current health and nutritional status of female kittiwakes. Overall, our study 
      shows that carotenoid-based colour integuments can be affected by several 
      environmental-driven variables.
CI  - (c) 2013.
FAU - Blevin, Pierre
AU  - Blevin P
AD  - Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chize (CEBC-CNRS), UPR 1934-CNRS, F-79360 France. 
      Electronic address: blevin.pierre@gmail.com.
FAU - Tartu, Sabrina
AU  - Tartu S
AD  - Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chize (CEBC-CNRS), UPR 1934-CNRS, F-79360 France.
FAU - Angelier, Frederic
AU  - Angelier F
AD  - Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chize (CEBC-CNRS), UPR 1934-CNRS, F-79360 France.
FAU - Leclaire, Sarah
AU  - Leclaire S
AD  - Universite Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, ENFA, UMR 5174 EDB (Laboratoire Evolution & 
      Diversite Biologique; CNRS), 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, France.
FAU - Bustnes, Jan Ove
AU  - Bustnes JO
AD  - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, NINA, Fram centre, NO-9296 Tromso, 
      Norway.
FAU - Moe, Borge
AU  - Moe B
AD  - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, NINA, Fram centre, NO-9296 Tromso, 
      Norway.
FAU - Herzke, Dorte
AU  - Herzke D
AD  - Norwegian Institute for Air Research, NILU, Fram centre, NO-9296 Tromso, Norway.
FAU - Gabrielsen, Geir Wing
AU  - Gabrielsen GW
AD  - Norwegian Polar Research Institute, Fram centre, NO-9296 Tromso, Norway.
FAU - Chastel, Olivier
AU  - Chastel O
AD  - Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chize (CEBC-CNRS), UPR 1934-CNRS, F-79360 France. 
      Electronic address: chastel@cebc.cnrs.fr.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20131018
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 36-88-4 (Carotenoids)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Arctic Regions
MH  - Carotenoids/*metabolism
MH  - Charadriiformes/*metabolism
MH  - Diet
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/metabolism/*toxicity
MH  - Environmental Pollution/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Pigmentation/*drug effects
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Arctic
OT  - Carotenoid
OT  - Contamination
OT  - PCB
OT  - Pesticide
OT  - Seabird
EDAT- 2013/10/22 06:00
MHDA- 2014/08/15 06:00
CRDT- 2013/10/22 06:00
PHST- 2013/06/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/09/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/09/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/10/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/10/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/08/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0048-9697(13)01087-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.049 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2014 Feb 1;470-471:248-54. doi: 
      10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.049. Epub 2013 Oct 18.