Influence of wintering area on persistent organic pollutants in a breeding migratory seabird

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 491, Issue , 2013, Pages 277-293

  Leat, Eliza H K ^a   Bourgeon, Sophie ^b   Magnusdottir, Ellen ^c   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^d   Grecian, W James ^a   Hanssen, Sveinn A ^b   Olafsdottir, Kristin ^c   Petersen, Aevar ^e   Phillips, Richard A ^f   Strøm, Hallvard ^d   Ellis, Sandra ^g   Fisk, Aaron T ^g   Bustnes, Jan Ove ^b   Furness, Robert W ^a   Borgå, Katrine ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Feather stable isotopes; Geolocation; Great skua; PBDEs; PCBs; Pesticides; Stercorarius skua

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BREEDING POPULATION; DATA SET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GPS; MIGRATORY POPULATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORNITHOLOGY; PBDE; PCB; PERSISTENCE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; EUROPE; ICELAND; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885027645     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10455     Document Type: Article

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