Persistent organic pollution in a high-Arctic top predator: Sex-dependent thresholds in adult survival

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1769, 2013, Pages

  Erikstad, Kjell Einar ^a,b   Sandvik, Hanno ^b   Reiertsen, Tone Kristin ^a,c   Bustnes, Jan Ove ^a   Strøm, Hallvard ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bj rn ya; Larus hyperboreus; Organochlorines; Pollution; Survival models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREEDING POPULATION; CAPTURE METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NONLINEARITY; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHENOTYPE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWAY;

AVES; LARUS HYPERBOREUS;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BLOOD; CHARADRIIFORMES; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; NORWAY; POLLUTANT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LONGEVITY; MALE; NORWAY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84897360283     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1483     Document Type: Article

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