To breed or not to breed: Endocrine response to mercury contamination by an Arctic seabird

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Tartu, Sabrina ^a   Goutte, Aurélie ^a   Bustamante, Paco ^b   Angelier, Frédéric ^a   Moe, Børge ^c   Clément Chastel, Céline ^a   Bech, Claus ^d   Gabrielsen, Geir Wing ^e   Bustnes, Jan Ove ^c   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Black legged kittiwake; GnRH challenge; Intermittent breeding; Luteinizing hormone; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HORMONE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEABIRD; STEROID;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

AVES; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; VERTEBRATA;

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MERCURY; TESTOSTERONE; POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE; BLOOD; CHARADRIIFORMES; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GNRH CHALLENGE; HYPOPHYSIS; INTERMITTENT BREEDING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; DRUG EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE; GNRH CHALLENGE; INTERMITTENT BREEDING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MERCURY;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MERCURY; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SVALBARD; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84880842212     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0317     Document Type: Article

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