Pollution and physiological variability in gentoo penguins at two rookeries with different levels of human visitation

Antarctic Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 329-338

  Barbosa, Andrés ^a,b   De Mas, Eva ^b   Benzal, Jesús ^b   Diaz, Julia Ines ^c   Motas, Miguel ^d   Jerez, Silvia ^d   Pertierra, Luis ^e   Benayas, Javier ^e   Justel, Ana ^e   Lauzurica, Pilar ^f   Garcia Peña, Francisco Javier ^g   Serrano, Tania ^g  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^g Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic penguins; genotoxic damage; human disturbance; immune response; pollution; stress

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENOTOXICITY; HEAVY METAL; HORMONE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; BYERS PENINSULA; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84875450247     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012000739     Document Type: Article

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