ABSTRACT

This note is intended to try to shed light on the discoveries made entitled “Biologging is suspect to cause corneal opacity in two populations of wild living Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus eremita)”. In this article, researchers participating in a reintroduction program for this endangered species in Europe document the unilateral corneal opacity that took place after birds were equipped with solar radio transmitters fixed on their upper-back position. The authors propose several possible effects caused by the device to explain the problem, and they conclude that the most parsimonious explanation for the symptomatology is a repetitive slight temperature rise in the corneal tissue due to electromagnetic radiation by the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) module of the device. The proposal of this communication is that these effects do not necessarily have to be thermal, but they can be non-thermal and thus more subtle and insidious. These effects may be caused by electromagnetic radiation at low levels but in long-term exposure.

摘要

本说明旨在阐明题为“生物采伐可能导致两个野生北秃宜必思 ( Geronticus eremita ) 种群的角膜混浊的发现。)”。在本文中，参与欧洲这种濒临灭绝物种重新引入计划的研究人员记录了鸟类在其上背部位置安装太阳能无线电发射器后发生的单侧角膜混浊。作者提出了该设备引起的几种可能的影响来解释该问题，他们得出的结论是，对症状的最简洁的解释是由于全球移动通信系统 (GSM) 的电磁辐射导致角膜组织的反复轻微温度升高设备的模块。这种交流的提议是，这些影响不一定是热的，但它们可以是非热的，因此更加微妙和阴险。这些影响可能是由低水平但长期暴露的电磁辐射引起的。