Feather's Composition of South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) Using WDXRF.
Antarctic
Seabird
Trace elements
X-ray fluorescence
Journal
Biological trace element research
ISSN: 1559-0720
Titre abrégé: Biol Trace Elem Res
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7911509
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2024
May 2024
Historique:
received:
02
04
2023
accepted:
31
07
2023
pubmed:
6
8
2023
medline:
6
8
2023
entrez:
5
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study investigated the feathers' composition of South polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) using WDXRF, evaluating the concentration of essential and non-essential elements in the feathers, and dividing it into rachis and barb parts. We collected South polar skuas feathers from Hennequin Point, King George Island, South Shetland, Antarctic Peninsula in January of 2013. Our results show that 18 elements were observed in the composition of the feathers, with a different concentration between the rachis and barbs, qualitatively and quantitatively. Only 3 elements observed were classified as non-essentials but still mostly elements do not have a function described in the literature to the feathers. According to our knowledge, this is the first study that uses this technique to evaluate the concentration of different elements in the feathers. The findings of this study highlight the use of alternative techniques to biomonitoring elements in the ecosystem and bring baseline information for future studies.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37542592
doi: 10.1007/s12011-023-03799-6
pii: 10.1007/s12011-023-03799-6
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2272-2278Subventions
Organisme : Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
ID : 557049/2009-1
Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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