Individual variation in biomarkers of health: Influence of persistent organic pollutants in Great skuas (Stercorarius skua) breeding at different geographical locations

Environmental Research

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-39

  Bourgeon, Sophie ^a   Leat, Eliza H K ^b   Magnusdóttir, Ellen ^c   Fisk, Aaron T ^d,g   Furness, Robert W ^b   Strøm, Hallvard ^e   Hanssen, Sveinn Are ^a   Petersen, Ævar ^c   Olafsdóttir, Kristin ^f   Borgå, Katrine ^g   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^e   Bustnes, Jan Ove ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Iceland Institute of Natural History   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Feather corticosterone; Organochlorines; Oxidative stress; Plasma immunoglobulin Y

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTERONE; FLAME RETARDANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRESS HORMONE;

ANTIBODY; BIOMARKER; BREEDING SITE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PLASMA; SEABIRD;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREEDING; FEATHER; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; ICELAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; STERCORARIUS SKUA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRDS; BREEDING; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ICELAND; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA SKUA;

EID: 84866042609     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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