Contamination of ivory gulls (Pagophila eburnea) at four colonies in Svalbard in relation to their trophic behaviour

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Lucia, Magali, Strom, Hallvard, Bustamante, Paco, Herzke, Dorte, Gabrielsen, Geir W.
• Other Authors: UMR 5805 Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux (EPOC), Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Norwegian Polar Institute, LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés - UMRi 7266 (LIENSs), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: Ivory gull; Perfluorinated alkyl substances; Persistent organic pollutants; Arctic; Isotopes; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Barentsøya; Svalbard; Climate change; ivory gull; Pagophila eburnea; Polar Biology; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hal-univ-rochelle.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01662905; https://hal-univ-rochelle.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01662905/document; https://hal-univ-rochelle.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01662905/file/Lucia%20et%20al%202017%20Polar%20Biol.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-2018-7

International audience The ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) is a high-Arctic species considered endangered in most parts of its breeding range. Ivory gulls must cope with not only the reduction in sea ice cover triggered by climate change but also increasing contaminant loads due to changes in global...