Persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and parasites in the glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) on Spitsbergen

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2282-2290

  Sagerup, Kjetil ^a   Savinov, Vladimir ^b   Savinova, Tatiana ^b   Kuklin, Vadim ^c   Muir, Derek C G ^d   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MURMANSK MARINE BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Glaucous gull; Heavy metals; Helminths; POPs

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED PESTICIDES; GLAUCOUS GULL; GLAUCOUS GULLS; HEAVY METAL LEVELS; HELMINTHS; IMMUNE SUPPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEMS; LOCAL CONTAMINATION; MERCURY LEVELS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PARASITE INFECTION; PARASITE-; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POPS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD;

CADMIUM; ETHERS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CADMIUM; CAMPHECLOR; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM; ZINC;

BIRD; HEAVY METAL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARASITE; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE PARASITE; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SVALBARD; TOXAPHENE;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

CESTODA; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; NEMATODA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 68749116315     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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