The potential impact of environmental variation on the concentrations and ecological effects of pollutants in a marine avian top predator

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-201

  Bustnes, J O ^a   Fauchald, P ^a   Tveraa, T ^a   Helberg, M ^a   Skaare, J U ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult survival; Behaviour; DDE; Ecotoxicology; Fitness; Great black backed gull; Larus marinus; PCB; Reproductive output; Sub arctic

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ADULT SURVIVALS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARINE AVIAN TOP PREDATORS; REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; HATCHING; PCB; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEABIRD; SUBARCTIC REGION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BREEDING; CHICK; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; EGG LAYING; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LARUS MARINUS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

AVES; LARUS MARINUS;

EID: 38949182610     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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