Contaminant concentrations in breeding and non-breeding northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis L.) from the Canadian high arctic

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1541-1544

  Mallory, Mark L ^a,b   Braune, Birgit M ^b   Forbes, Mark R L ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Contaminants; Fulmarus glacialis; Northern fulmar

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARDS; IMPURITIES;

ARCTIC; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; NORTHERN FULMAR;

BIODIVERSITY;

LIPID;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARDS; IMPURITIES;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIRD; EGG PRODUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; STRESS;

ARCTIC; CANADA; DEVON ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

AVES; FULMARUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 33746255302     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.11.058     Document Type: Article

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