Persistent organic pollutant concentrations in fledglings of two arctic seabird species

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 414-418

  Guzzo, Matthew M ^a   Eckbo, Norith H ^b   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^c   Fisk, Aaron T ^d   Hylland, Ketil ^b   Borgå, Katrine ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Black legged kittiwake; Contaminants; Northern fulmar; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CONCENTRATION RATIO; FEEDING ECOLOGY; NORTHERN FULMAR; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CARBON; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLEDGING; JUVENILE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLEDGLING; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE; CONTAMINANTS; NORTHERN FULMAR; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION;

EID: 84885445883     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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