Elevated exposure, uptake and accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by nestling tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) through multiple exposure routes in active mining-related areas of the Athabasca oil sands region

Highlights • Exposure of nestling tree swallows to PACs examined in the Athabasca Oil Sands • A complex mixture of 41 PACs detected in chicks' feces and accumulated in muscle • Levels of PACs higher in birds, air, water at mining-related than reference sites • Major sources of PAC exposure for regional birds were diet, then air and water. • Non-lethal sampling (feces) is useful to characterize avian exposure to PACs.

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Short Name of Publication https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717335490?via%3Dihub
Deliverable Type Science Article
Program Catagory Terrestrial Biological
Program Type OSM
Autors Kim J. Fernie, Sarah C. Marteinson, Da Chen, Anita Eng, Tom Harner, Judit E.G. Smits, Catherine Soos
Periodical Title Science of the Total Environment
Year of Publication 2018
Publishing Organization Ecotoxicology & Wildlife Health Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Month of Publication 5
Periodical Volumes 624
Page Range 250-261
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.123
Online ISBN/ISSN 1879-1026
Print ISBN/ISSN 0048-9697
Recomended Citation Fernie, K. J., Marteinson, S. C., Chen, D., Eng, A., Harner, T., Smits, J. E. G., & Soos, C. (2018). Elevated exposure, uptake and accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by nestling tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) through multiple exposure routes in active mining-related areas of the Athabasca oil sands region. Science of The Total Environment, 624, 250–261. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.123
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