| dioxins and related compounds in albatrosses from the torishima island, japan: accumulation features by growth stage and toxicological implications. | concentrations of dioxins and related compounds (drcs), such as polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (pcdds), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (pcdfs), and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (co-pcbs), were determined in eggs, nestlings, and adults of black-footed albatross (bfa; diomedea nigripes) and short-tailed albatross (sta; diomedea albatrus) collected from the torishima island in japan during 2002, which is one of their breeding grounds. observed drc concentrations, especially pcdfs and non-or ... | 2006 | 17153995 |
| non-destructive monitoring of trace element levels in short-tailed albatrosses (phoebastria albatrus) and black-footed albatrosses (phoebastria nigripes) from torishima island, japan using eggs and blood. | concentrations of 18 trace elements (v, cr, mn, co, cu, zn, se, rb, sr, mo, ag, cd, sb, cs, ba, hg, tl and pb) were determined in abandoned eggs of short-tailed albatrosses and abandoned eggs and blood of black-footed albatrosses from torishima island, japan in 2002. mercury concentration was highest among the toxic elements in egg content of both the two species. in some egg contents of black-footed albatrosses, hg concentrations were higher than the threshold level that may cause decreased hat ... | 2005 | 16023681 |
| probable extirpation of a breeding colony of short-tailed albatross (phoebastria albatrus) on bermuda by pleistocene sea-level rise. | albatrosses (diomedeidae) do not occur in the north atlantic ocean today except as vagrants, although five species were present in the early pliocene. no fossil breeding sites of albatrosses were known previously. the timing of extinction of albatrosses in the north atlantic was likewise unknown. deposits that formed near present-day sea level along the southeastern shore of bermuda contain remains of a former breeding colony and include intact eggshells and bones of embryos, juveniles, and adul ... | 2003 | 14566060 |