SEABIRDS AS BIOINDICATORS OF SOUTHERN OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS: CONCENTRATIONS OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS, ECOLOGICAL EXPLANATION AND CRITICAL EVALUATION

• Main Author: Carravieri, Alice
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Université de La Rochelle, Paco Bustamante, Yves Cherel
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: feeding habits; feathers; albatrosses; mercury; penguins; persistent organic pollutants; stable isotopes; trace elements; éléments trace métalliques; pétrels; albatros; plumes; mercure; manchots; polluants organiques persistants; isotopes stables; écologie alimentaire; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Indian; Manchots; Pétrels; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; Crozet Islands
• Online Access: https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01104730; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01104730/document; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01104730/file/Carravieri_Alice.pdf

Antarctic and subantarctic marine environments are reached by inorganic and organic contaminantsthrough ocean circulation and atmospheric transport. Yet, environmental contamination is poorlyknown in the Southern Ocean, in particular in the Indian sector. Among environmental contaminants,mercury (Hg...