The influence of petroleum oil films on the feather structure of tropical and temperate seabird species

Feather fouling is a primary cause of seabird mortality during marine hydrocarbon oil spills. Understanding how oils interact with feathers is an important step in mitigating this threat. Seabird feathers from 12 taxa, representing most seabird families from the tropics and southern latitudes, were...

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Published in:Marine pollution bulletin 2019-01, Vol.138, p.135-144
Main Authors: Matcott, James, Baylis, Shane, Clarke, Rohan H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amalgamation index
Animal feathers
Animals
Aquatic birds
Avian ecology
Bird
Birds
Climate
Condensates
Crude oil
Exposure
Feathers
Feathers - drug effects
Feathers - physiology
Mass
Oil films
Oil spills
Petroleum
Petroleum - toxicity
Petroleum oil
Petroleum Pollution
Plumage
Pollution
Seabirds
Seawater
Species
Threat evaluation
Tropical Climate
Tropical environments
Viscosity
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Summary:Feather fouling is a primary cause of seabird mortality during marine hydrocarbon oil spills. Understanding how oils interact with feathers is an important step in mitigating this threat. Seabird feathers from 12 taxa, representing most seabird families from the tropics and southern latitudes, were exposed to crude and condensate oil films under laboratory settings. Feathers were measured for changes in mass proportional to feather size, and for barbule clumping. Seabird feathers from six distinct families exposed to very thin oil sheens (
ISSN:0025-326X
1879-3363
DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.010