TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of constraints and solutions for collecting raptor samples and contextual data for a European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility
AU - Dulsat-Masvidal, Maria
AU - Lourenço, Rui
AU - Lacorte, Silvia
AU - D'Amico, Marcello
AU - Albayrak, Tamer
AU - Andevski, Jovan
AU - Aradis, Arianna
AU - Baltag, Emanuel
AU - Berger-Tal, Oded
AU - Berny, Philippe
AU - Choresh, Yael
AU - Duke, Guy
AU - Espín, Silvia
AU - García-Fernández, Antonio J.
AU - Gómez-Ramírez, Pilar
AU - Hallgrimsson, Gunnar T.
AU - Jaspers, Veerle
AU - Johansson, Ulf
AU - Kovacs, Andras
AU - Krone, Oliver
AU - Leivits, Madis
AU - Martínez-López, Emma
AU - Mateo, Rafael
AU - Movalli, Paola
AU - Sánchez-Virosta, Pablo
AU - Shore, Richard F.
AU - Valkama, Jari
AU - Vrezec, Al
AU - Xirouchakis, Stavros
AU - Walker, Lee A.
AU - Wernham, Chris
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - The COST Action ‘European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility’ (ERBFacility) aims to develop pan-European raptor biomonitoring in support of better chemicals management in Europe, using raptors as sentinel species. This presents a significant challenge involving a range of constraints that must be identified and addressed. The aims of this study were to: (1) carry out a comprehensive review of the constraints that may limit the gathering in the field of raptor samples and contextual data, and assess their relative importance across Europe; and (2) identify and discuss possible solutions to the key constraints that were identified. We applied a participatory approach to identify constraints and to discuss feasible solutions. Thirty-one constraints were identified, which were divided into four categories: legal, methodological, spatial coverage, and skills constraints. To assess the importance of the constraints and their possible solutions, we collected information through scientific workshops and by distributing a questionnaire to stakeholders in all the countries involved in ERBFacility. We obtained 74 answers to the questionnaire, from 24 of the 39 COST participating countries. The most important constraints identified were related to the collection of complex contextual data about sources of contamination, and the low number of existing raptor population national/regional monitoring schemes and ecological studies that could provide raptor samples. Legal constraints, such as permits to allow the collection of invasive samples, and skills constraints, such as the lack of expertise to practice necropsies, were also highlighted. Here, we present solutions for all the constraints identified, thus suggesting the feasibility of establishing a long-term European Raptor Sampling Programme as a key element of the planned European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility.
AB - The COST Action ‘European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility’ (ERBFacility) aims to develop pan-European raptor biomonitoring in support of better chemicals management in Europe, using raptors as sentinel species. This presents a significant challenge involving a range of constraints that must be identified and addressed. The aims of this study were to: (1) carry out a comprehensive review of the constraints that may limit the gathering in the field of raptor samples and contextual data, and assess their relative importance across Europe; and (2) identify and discuss possible solutions to the key constraints that were identified. We applied a participatory approach to identify constraints and to discuss feasible solutions. Thirty-one constraints were identified, which were divided into four categories: legal, methodological, spatial coverage, and skills constraints. To assess the importance of the constraints and their possible solutions, we collected information through scientific workshops and by distributing a questionnaire to stakeholders in all the countries involved in ERBFacility. We obtained 74 answers to the questionnaire, from 24 of the 39 COST participating countries. The most important constraints identified were related to the collection of complex contextual data about sources of contamination, and the low number of existing raptor population national/regional monitoring schemes and ecological studies that could provide raptor samples. Legal constraints, such as permits to allow the collection of invasive samples, and skills constraints, such as the lack of expertise to practice necropsies, were also highlighted. Here, we present solutions for all the constraints identified, thus suggesting the feasibility of establishing a long-term European Raptor Sampling Programme as a key element of the planned European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility.
KW - Ecotoxicology
KW - Environmental contaminants
KW - Long-term monitoring schemes
KW - Sampling constraints
KW - Sentinel species
KW - Top predators
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148599
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148599
M3 - Article
C2 - 34328978
AN - SCOPUS:85111026077
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 793
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
M1 - 148599
ER -