Arctic Seabirds Transport Marine-Derived Contaminants

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Blais, Jules M., Kimpe, Lynda E., McMahon, Dominique, Keatley, Bronwyn E., Mallory, Mark L., Douglas, Marianne S. V., Smol, John P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2005
• Subjects: Arctic; Guano
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1112658; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1112658

Long-range atmospheric transport of pollutants is generally assumed to be the main vector for arctic contamination, because local pollution sources are rare. We show that arctic seabirds, which occupy high trophic levels in marine food webs, are the dominant vectors for the transport of marine-deriv...