Vander Pol Stacy S, Becker Paul R, Ellisor Michael B, Moors Amanda J, Pugh Rebecca S, Roseneau David G
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Hollings Marine Laboratory, 331 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412, USA.
Environ Pollut. 2009 Mar;157(3):755-62. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.11.026. Epub 2008 Dec 24.
Gull eggs have been used to monitor contaminants in many parts of the world. The Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) is a long-term program designed to track trends in pollutants in northern marine environments using seabird eggs. Glaucous and glaucous-winged gull (Larus hyperboreus and Larus glaucescens) eggs collected in 2005 from seven Alaskan colonies were analyzed for organic contaminants. Concentrations ranged from below detection limits to 322 ng g(-1) wet mass in one egg for 4,4'-DDE and differed among the samples collected in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering and Chukchi Seas. Chick growth and survival rates may be affected by the contaminant levels found in the eggs, but the eggs should be safe for human consumption if they are eaten in small quantities. STAMP plans to continue collecting and banking gull eggs for future real-time and retrospective analyses.
在世界许多地方，海鸥蛋已被用于监测污染物。海鸟组织存档与监测项目（STAMP）是一个长期项目，旨在利用海鸟蛋追踪北部海洋环境中污染物的趋势。对2005年从阿拉斯加七个聚居地采集的白翅鸥和灰翅鸥（Larus hyperboreus和Larus glaucescens）的蛋进行了有机污染物分析。4,4'-滴滴涕的浓度范围从低于检测限到一个蛋中湿重为322纳克/克，在阿拉斯加湾以及白令海和楚科奇海采集的样本中有所不同。雏鸟的生长和存活率可能会受到蛋中污染物水平的影响，但如果少量食用，这些蛋对人类来说应该是安全的。STAMP计划继续收集和保存海鸥蛋，以供未来进行实时和回顾性分析。
