Publications by authors named "Amalie V Ask"
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- Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) like bisphenols and phthalates are found in aquatic environments and can disrupt wildlife biology, but their presence in seabirds, like common eiders, is not well-studied.
- This research sampled blood from 18 female common eiders in the Baltic Sea during their breeding season to analyze CEC levels and how they change over incubation.
- Findings revealed that while some CECs were present in significant amounts, late-breeding eiders showed higher concentrations than early-breeders at specific times, highlighting the need for ongoing CEC monitoring in eiders and related prey species.
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- Neonicotinoids are a type of insecticide that can harm farmland birds, but there's not much known about their effects on waterbirds.
- In a study in Finland, scientists looked for seven types of neonicotinoids in the blood of female common goldeneyes but couldn’t find any.
- The results suggest that these bird habitats are currently safe from neonicotinoid exposure, but more research is needed to understand the impact on the food chain and other birds.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are associated with several disrupted physiological and endocrine parameters. Regarding endocrine mechanisms, laboratory studies suggest that PFAS could disrupt the thyroid hormone system and alter circulating thyroid hormone concentrations. Thyroid hormones play a ubiquitous role-controlling thermoregulation, metabolism, and reproduction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough ingestion of plastic by tubenosed seabirds has been documented regularly, identification of the polymer composition of these plastics has rarely been described. Polymer assessment may assist in identifying sources and may indicate risks from additives occurring in specific types of polymers. Using known test materials, two identification methods Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and near infrared spectroscopy (FTIR and NIR) were compared.
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