Intraspecific variation in trophic feeding levels and organochlorine concentrations in glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) from Bjørnøya, the Barents Sea

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-125

  Sagerup, Kjetil ^a,b   Henriksen, Espen O ^a   Skaare, Janneche U ^c,d   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Glaucous gull; Organochlorines; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; SEABIRD; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; INVERTEBRATE; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NORWAY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BARENTS SEA;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LARUS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036209097     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014473012572     Document Type: Article

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