Differential investment in eggs by arctic-breeding Glaucous Gulls (Larus hyperboreus) exposed to persistent organic pollutants

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-133

  Verboven, Nanette ^a   Verreault, Jonathan ^b   Letcher, Robert J ^b   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^c   Evans, Neil P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Egg mass; Glaucous Gull; Larus hyperboreus; Norwegian Arctic; Persistent organic pollutants; Yolk

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; CLUTCH SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; EGG SIZE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIPID; MASS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PERSISTENCE; PLASMA; POLLUTION EFFECT; WATER CONTENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

AVES; LARUS HYPERBOREUS;

EID: 67650484630     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08039     Document Type: Article

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