TY - JOUR AU - Cardoso, Maíra Duarte AU - de Moura, Jailson Fulgencio AU - Tavares, Davi C. AU - Gonçalves, Rodrigo A. AU - Colabuono, Fernanda I. AU - Roges, Emily M. AU - de Souza, Roberta Laine AU - Rodrigues, Dalia Dos Prazeres AU - Montone, Rosalinda C. AU - Siciliano, Salvatore PY - 2014 DA - 2014/09/01 TI - The Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) as a candidate sentinel of Atlantic Ocean health JO - Aquatic Biosystems SP - 6 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - Seabirds have been historically used to monitor environmental contamination. The aim of the present study was to test the suitability of a species belonging to the Procellariiformes group, the Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, as a sentinel of environmental health, by determining contaminant levels (trace metals and organochlorine compounds) from carcass tissues and by isolating Vibrio spp. and Aeromonas spp. from live specimens. To this end, 35 Puffinus puffinus carcasses wrecked on the north-central coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and two carcasses recovered in Aracruz, on the coast of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, were sampled, and fragments of muscle and hepatic tissues were collected for contaminant analyses. Swabs from eleven birds found alive at the north-central coast of Rio de Janeiro were collected for isolation of the aforementioned bacteria. SN - 2046-9063 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-9063-10-6 DO - 10.1186/2046-9063-10-6 ID - Cardoso2014 ER -