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

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: Mallory, M.L. (Mark L.), McLaughlin, J.D. (J. Daniel), Forbes, M. (Mark)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Fulmar; Fulmarus glacialis
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/13501; https://doi.org/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...