Spatial variations in winter Hg contamination affect egg volume in an Arctic seabird, the great skua (Stercorarius skua)

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Albert, Céline, Strøm, Hallvard, Helgason, Hálfdán Helgi, Bråthen, Vegard Sandøy, Gudmundsson, Fannar Theyr, Bustamante, Paco, Fort, Jérôme
• Other Authors: LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), ANR-16-CE34-0005,ILETOP,Impact des polluants historiques et émergents sur les prédateurs supérieurs marins de l'Arctique(2016)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: Mercury; Reproduction; Spatial ecotoxicology; Carry-over effects; Biologging; [SDV.TOX.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Ecotoxicology; Arctic; Bjørnøya; Svalbard; Great skua; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; Stercorarius skua
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03814489; https://hal.science/hal-03814489/document; https://hal.science/hal-03814489/file/Albert%20et%20al%202022%20ENPO.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120322

International audience Knowledge of the ecology and at-sea distribution of migratory species like seabirds has substantially increased over the last two decades. Furthermore, an increasing number of studies have recently focused on chemical contamination of birds over their annual cycle. However, th...