Abstract
Lead is ubiquitous in nature, and can affect behavioral, physiological, and intellectual development in humans and other animals. We used lead-induced behavioral deficits to examine the behavior of parents and young herring gulls in the Captree, NY, gull colony. Our objectives were to determine: a) If there were differences in the behavior, weight, and survival of chicks as a function of treatment; b) if parental behavior varied as a function of treatment; and 3) if there were differences in sibling competition and parent-young conflict between experimental nests (with lead-impaired chicks and control chicks) and control nests. We injected one chick in each of 22 nests (1-2 days of age) with lead acetate (100 mg/kg in sterile water) and injected its sibling with sterile saline, and compared behavior of parents and young (from 1-21 days postinjection). We also observed behavior of parents and chicks in 12 control nests in which chicks were handled similarly but were not injected. There were significant lead-induced differences in righting response, locomotion, thermoregulation, begging, and feeding behavior in the chicks; corroborating observations from the laboratory. Lead-injected chicks were less able to compete for food with...Continue Reading
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