| 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. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 70041052 |
| Citation Author: | Flint, Paul L.; Schamber, J. L.; Trust, K. A.; Miles, A. K.; Henderson, J. D.; Wilson, B. W. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Alaska Science Center |
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| Citation End Page: | 2831 |
| Citation Issue: | 12 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| Citation LatN: | 54.0101 |
| Citation LatS: | 53.8017 |
| Citation LonE: | -166.3718 |
| Citation LonW: | -166.7784 |
| Citation Month: | DEC |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 4 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | SETAC |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Chronic hydrocarbon exposure of harlequin ducks in areas affected by the Selendang Ayu oil spill at Unalaska Island, Alaska; 2012; Article; Journal; Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; Flint, Paul L.; Schamber, J. L.; Trust, K. A.; Miles, A. K.; Henderson, J. D.; Wilson, B. W. |
| Citation Start Page: | 2828 |
| Citation Volume: | 31 |
| Citation Year: | 2012 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Chronic hydrocarbon exposure of harlequin ducks in areas affected by the Selendang Ayu oil spill at Unalaska Island, Alaska; 2012; Article; Journal; Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; Flint, Paul L.; Schamber, J. L.; Trust, K. A.; Miles, A. K.; Henderson, J. D.; Wilson, B. W. |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.1997 |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Dec 2012 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | SETAC |
