Open AccessSeabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) Data from 1999-2010
Author(s) -
Nathan A. Mahynski,
Vincent K. Shen,
Jared M. Ragland,
Stacy S. Schuur,
Rebecca S. Pugh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of research of the national institute of standards and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 2165-7254
pISSN - 1044-677X
DOI - 10.6028/jres.126.028
Subject(s) - seabird , subsistence agriculture , biorepository , wildlife , geography , fishery , fur seal , nest (protein structural motif) , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , biology , archaeology , predation , biobank , agriculture , bioinformatics , biochemistry
The multi-entity, long-term Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP)has collected eggs from various avian species throughout the North Pacifc Ocean for over20 years to create a geospatial and temporal record of environmental conditions. Over2,500 samples are currently archived at the NIST Biorepository at Hollings MarineLaboratory in Charleston, South Carolina. Longitudinal monitoring efforts of this natureprovide invaluable data for assessment of both wildlife and human exposures as thesespecies often consume prey (e.g., fish) similar to, and from sources (e.g., oceanic)comparable to, human populations nearby. In some areas, seabird eggs also comprise asignifcant part of subsistence diets providing nutrition for indigenous peoples.Chemometric profles and related health implications are known to differ across species.Eggs, however, can be diffcult to assign to a species unless the bird is observed on thenest from which the sample was collected due to similar appearance within a genus andsympatric nesting behavior. This represents a large point of uncertainty for bothwildlife managers and exposure researchers alike.