Ecological effects of organochlorine pollutants in the Arctic: A study of the Glaucous Gull

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 504-515

  Bustnes, Jan Ove ^a   Erikstad, Kjell Einar ^a   Skaare, Janneche Utne ^b   Bakken, Vidar ^c   Mehlum, Fritjof ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult survival; Arctic; Behavior; Ecotoxicology; Fitness; Glaucous Gull; Larus hyperboreus; Maternal transfer; OCs; Organochlorine pollution; Population dynamics; Reproductive output

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD;

ARCTIC;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARUS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS;

EID: 0037660797     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0504:EEOOPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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