Adrenocortical function of Arctic-breeding glaucous gulls in relation to persistent organic pollutants

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-32

  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

Arctic; Body condition; Corticosterone; Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus); Persistent organic pollutants; Seasonal variation; Stress response

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GLAUCOUS GULL; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 77349117007     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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