The influence of breeding colony and sex on mercury, selenium and lead levels and carbon and nitrogen stable isotope signatures in summer and winter feathers of Calonectris shearwaters

Oecologia

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-354

  Ramos, Raül ^a   González Solís, Jacob ^a   Forero, Manuela G ^b   Moreno, Rocío ^a   Gómez Díaz, Elena ^a   Ruiz, Xavier ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Marine foodweb pollutants; Migratory connectivity; Nitrogen 15; Sealife contamination

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LEAD; MERCURY; NITROGEN; SELENIUM;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FALLOUT; FEATHER; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MIGRATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEABIRD; SELENIUM; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEATHER; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEATHERS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEASONS; SELENIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; MACARONESIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CALONECTRIS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 60449103277     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1215-7     Document Type: Article

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