Ecology: Arctic seabirds transport marine-derived contaminants

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5733, 2005, Pages 445-

  Blais, Jules M ^a   Kimpe, Lynda E ^a   McMahon, Dominique ^a   Keatley, Bronwyn E ^b   Mallory, Mark L ^c   Douglas, Marianne S V ^d   Smol, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; NITROGEN;

POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; DDT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MERCURY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 23344436245     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1112658     Document Type: Article

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