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- Title
Chronic hydrocarbon exposure of harlequin ducks in areas affected by the Selendang Ayu oil spill at Unalaska Island, Alaska.
- Authors
Flint, Paul L.; Schamber, Jason L.; Trust, Kimberly A.; Miles, A. Keith; Henderson, John D.; Wilson, Barry W.
- Abstract
We evaluated chronic exposure of harlequin ducks ( Histrionicus histrionicus) to hydrocarbons associated with the 2004 M/V Selendang Ayu oil spill at Unalaska Island, Alaska. We measured levels of hepatic 7-ethoxyresorufin- O-deethylase activity (EROD) in liver biopsy samples as an indicator of hydrocarbon exposure in three oiled bays and one reference bay in 2005, 2006, and 2008. Median EROD activity in ducks from oiled bays was significantly higher than in the reference bay in seven of nine pairwise comparisons. These results indicated that harlequin ducks were exposed to lingering hydrocarbons more than three years after the spill. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2012; 31: 2828-2831. © 2012 SETAC
- Subjects
UNALASKA Island (Alaska); ALASKA; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of hydrocarbons; HARLEQUIN duck; OIL spills; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1
- Publication
Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 2012, Vol 31, Issue 12, p2828
- ISSN
0730-7268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/etc.1997