Monitoring trace elements in Antarctic penguin chicks from South Shetlands Islands, Antarctica

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Jerez, Silvia, Motas, Miguel, Benzal, Jesús, Diaz, Julia Inés, Barbosa, Andrés
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: Metals; Trace Elements; Pollution; Antarctic Penguins Chicks; South Shetland Islands; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Diaz; Silvia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/11273

The concentration of human activities in the near-shore ecosystems from the northern Antarctic Peninsula area can cause an increasing bioavailability of pollutants for the vulnerable Antarctic biota. Penguin chicks can reflect this potential impact in the rookeries during the breeding season. They a...