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Title: Thermoregulation in a naturally oil-contaminated Black-billed Murre Uria aalge

Abstract

The effect of oiled plumages on seabirds is considered to be reduced thermal insulation, with a resultant increase in metabolic rate. This conclusion is based on results from ducks with experimentally oil-contaminated plumages. In the present paper, data on body temperature, metabolic rate, and insulation in a Black-billed Murre (Uria aalge) contaminated during an oil-spill at sea are presented.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Trondheim, Norway
OSTI Identifier:
6454304
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 35:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; BIRDS; THERMOREGULATION; OIL SPILLS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; NORWAY; THERMAL INSULATION; ANIMALS; CONTROL; EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VERTEBRATES; WESTERN EUROPE; 020900* - Petroleum- Environmental Aspects; 560305 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Vertebrates- (-1987)

Citation Formats

Jenssen, B M, Ekker, M, and Bech, C. Thermoregulation in a naturally oil-contaminated Black-billed Murre Uria aalge. United States: N. p., 1985. Web. doi:10.1007/BF01636473.
Jenssen, B M, Ekker, M, & Bech, C. Thermoregulation in a naturally oil-contaminated Black-billed Murre Uria aalge. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01636473
Jenssen, B M, Ekker, M, and Bech, C. 1985. "Thermoregulation in a naturally oil-contaminated Black-billed Murre Uria aalge". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01636473.
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title = {Thermoregulation in a naturally oil-contaminated Black-billed Murre Uria aalge},
author = {Jenssen, B M and Ekker, M and Bech, C},
abstractNote = {The effect of oiled plumages on seabirds is considered to be reduced thermal insulation, with a resultant increase in metabolic rate. This conclusion is based on results from ducks with experimentally oil-contaminated plumages. In the present paper, data on body temperature, metabolic rate, and insulation in a Black-billed Murre (Uria aalge) contaminated during an oil-spill at sea are presented.},
doi = {10.1007/BF01636473},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6454304}, journal = {Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 35:1,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985},
month = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985}
}