Breeding status, contaminant burden and helminth parasites of Northern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialisfrom the Canadian high Arctic

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: MALLORY, MARK L., MCLAUGHLIN, J. DANIEL, FORBES, MARK R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Fulmar; Nunavut; Fulmarus glacialis
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.2006.00636.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.2006.00636.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00636.x

We studied the relationship between contaminant concentrations in livers, endohelminth prevalence and physiological indices of chronic stress (spleen size, heterophil/lymphocyte ratios) in Northern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis collected during the breeding season in Nunavut, Canada. No blood parasites...