Effects of PCBs on mourning dove courtship behavior

Tori, Gildo M.; Peterle, Tony J.

doi:10.1007/bf01610097

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“…A number of experimental studies in birds have shown that exposure to various OC, such as PCB, DDE and dieldrin, affect parental behaviour. This has often been attributed to neurological effects of intoxication (McArthur et al 1983;Tori & Peterle 1983;Peakall 1985;Keith & Mitchell 1993;Hoffman, Rice & Kubiak 1996). Moreover, the reproductive cycle of birds is controlled by hormones (Farner & Wingfield 1980).…”

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Patterns of incubation and nest‐site attentiveness in relation to organochlorine (PCB) contamination in glaucous gulls

Bustnes

Bakken

Erikstad

et al. 2001

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Summary 1.Although experimental studies show that organochlorines (OC) can affect bird behaviour, field assessments are invariably confounded by ecological differences between contaminated and uncontaminated sites. The behaviour of individual birds in the field has rarely been related to the contaminant burden. 2. We examined individual patterns of incubation and nest-site attentiveness in relation to OC burden, measured as polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentration in the blood, of 27 glaucous gulls Larus hyperboreus in two breeding areas at Bear Island, in the north-eastern Atlantic. 3. Blood PCB concentrations ranged from 52 ng g − 1 to 1079 ng g − 1 (wet weight). There were significant differences between the two breeding areas, and females had significantly lower concentrations than males. 4. Gull behaviour differed significantly between breeding areas and sexes independently of PCB. Females incubated more than males (54% vs. 46%) but spent more time away from the nest site than males, both overall (23% vs. 12%) and when not incubating (50% vs. 21%). They were also absent for longer periods (4·5 vs. 2·8 h). Moreover, length of incubation bouts (6·4 vs. 4·4 h), the amount of time absent from the nest site when not incubating (51% vs. 25%) and length of absences (5·6 vs. 1·8 h) differed between breeding areas, probably due to different feeding specializations. 5. After controlling for these area and sex effects, the proportion of time absent from the nest site when not incubating, and the number of absences, were both significantly related to blood concentration of PCB. 6. Increased absence from the nest site in individual glaucous gulls with high blood concentrations of OC suggests effects on reproductive behaviour. We speculate that endocrine disruption or neurological effects might be involved, leading to increased energetic costs during incubation and reduced reproductive output.

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Patterns of incubation and nest‐site attentiveness in relation to organochlorine (PCB) contamination in glaucous gulls

Bustnes

Bakken

Erikstad

et al. 2001

Journal of Applied Ecology

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“…These effects are plausible since PCBs are known to cause neurobehavioral effects through specific molecular pathways (Giesy & Kannan, 1998). In doves (Columba livia), there was a decrease in nest attentiveness (Peakall & Peakall, 1973), prolonged courtship, and failure to nest when exposed to PCBs (Tori & Peterle, 1983). Likewise, Forster's terns (Sterna forsteri) exhibited longer incubation time, less attentiveness to nests, nest abandonment, and egg disappearance (Kubiak et al, 1989).…”

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Productivity of Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) Exposed to PCBs at the Kalamazoo River Superfund Site

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Zwiernik

MacCarroll

et al. 2006

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A

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PCBs and 2,3,7, on tree swallows at other locations, suggest that there were no significant population-level effects of PCBs on tree swallows at the Kalamazoo River Superfund site.In 1990, 123 km of the Kalamazoo River in southwest Michigan was designated a Superfund site based on the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in fish, sediments, and floodplain soils. PCBs have been linked to Received

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“…The nature and severity of the effects depends on the dosage, PCB congener composition, and the birds' physiology [8][9][10]. Effects of PCBs on adult bird reproductive behavior include increased amounts of time spent in courtship, reduced pair bond formation, delayed nest building, delayed egg laying, burying eggs in nesting material, decreased nest attentiveness, inconsistent incubation causing unusual fluctuations in egg temperatures, and increased nest abandonment [8,[11][12][13]. Polychlorinated biphenyls and associated chemicals have also been associated with adverse effects on adult over-winter survival [14].…”

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Polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, furans, and organochlorine pesticides in belted kingfisher eggs from the upper Hudson River basin, New York, USA

Custer

Gray

2009

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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Nesting belted kingfishers (hereafter kingfishers, Ceryle alcyon) were studied on the Hudson River near Fort Edward south to New Baltimore (NY, USA) and three nearby river drainages in 2004. Concentrations of 28 organochlorine pesticides, 160 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, and 17 dioxin and furan (PCDD-F) congeners were quantified in kingfisher eggs. The pattern of organochlorine pesticides and PCDD-F congeners did not differ significantly between 14 eggs collected from individual nests on the Hudson River and five eggs similarly collected on three other nearby rivers. In contrast, the pattern of PCB congeners in eggs collected on the Hudson River differed significantly from the other rivers. The differences in patterns of PCB congeners were associated with a higher representation of lower-numbered congeners on the Hudson River than the other rivers. The higher prevalence of the lower-numbered congeners and lower prevalence of the higher-numbered congeners is consistent with Aroclor 1016 and 1242 being the source of the PCBs on the Hudson River. Concentrations in a sample egg collected at each nest were compared to nest survival and egg success (the proportion of eggs hatching in a clutch if at least one egg hatched) of the remaining eggs in the clutch. Models that predicted nest survival and egg success as functions of contaminant levels were poorly distinguished from models that presumed no such associations. Small sample sizes could have contributed to the inability to distinguish among contaminant and no toxicant models. However, we cannot rule out the possibility that contaminant concentrations on the Hudson River were not sufficiently high to demonstrate a relationship between contaminant concentrations and reproductive success in kingfishers.

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Effects of PCBs on mourning dove courtship behavior

Cited by 32 publications

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Patterns of incubation and nest‐site attentiveness in relation to organochlorine (PCB) contamination in glaucous gulls

Patterns of incubation and nest‐site attentiveness in relation to organochlorine (PCB) contamination in glaucous gulls

Productivity of Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) Exposed to PCBs at the Kalamazoo River Superfund Site

Polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, furans, and organochlorine pesticides in belted kingfisher eggs from the upper Hudson River basin, New York, USA

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