Fluctuating concentrations of organochlorine pollutants during a breeding season in two Antarctic seabirds: Adelie penguin and southern fulmar

• Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Main Authors: van den Brink, Nico W., van Franeker, Jan A., de Ruiter‐Dijkman, Elze M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1998
• Subjects: Antarctic; Fulmar; Hop Island; Adelie penguin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620170426; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fetc.5620170426; https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/etc.5620170426

Abstract During the reproductive cycle significant fluctuations of concentrations of organochlorine pollutants were detected in blood and uropygial oil from Adélie penguins ( Pygoscelis adeliae ) and southern fulmars ( Fulmarus glacialoides ) from Hop Island, Antarctica. In the Adélie penguin, conce...