Regional and species specific bioaccumulation of major and trace elements in Arctic seabirds

• Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Main Authors: Borgå, Katrine, Campbell, Linda, Gabrielsen, Geir W., Norstrom, Ross J., Muir, Derek C.G., Fisk, Aaron T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Bay; Barents Sea; Canada; Fulmar; Alle alle; Baffin; Black guillemot; Black-legged Kittiwake; Cepphus grylle; Dovekie; Glaucous Gull; ivory gull; Larus hyperboreus; Northern Fulmar; rissa tridactyla; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1897/05-574r1.1; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1897%2F05-574R1.1; https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1897/05-574R1.1

Abstract Twenty‐five essential and nonessential elements were analyzed in Arctic seabirds to study the influence of phylogeny, tissue, Arctic region, and diet on avian element accumulation and to identify co‐occurrence among metals. Muscle and liver concentrations were positively correlated, general...