Trace Element Concentrations in Relation to the Trophic Behaviour of Endangered Ivory Gulls (Pagophila eburnea) During Their Stay at a Breeding Site in Svalbard

• Published in: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
• Main Authors: Lucia, Magali, Strøm, Hallvard, Bustamante, Paco, Gabrielsen, Geir
• Other Authors: Norwegian Polar Institute, LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés - UMRi 7266 (LIENSs), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Ivory gull; Seabird; Mercury; Metal; Arctic; Stable Isotopes; [SDV.TOX.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Ecotoxicology; Barentsøya; Svalbard; Climate change; ivory gull; Pagophila eburnea; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01423281; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01423281/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01423281/file/Lucia%20et%20al%202016%20AETC.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-016-0320-6

International audience The ivory gull is a high-Arctic species considered endangered in most parts of its breeding range. Ivory gulls must cope with both the reduction of sea ice cover triggered by climate change and increasing contaminant loads due to changes in global contaminant pathways. The obj...