Pelagic seabirds as biomonitors of persistent organic pollutants in the Southwestern Atlantic

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Quadri Adrogué, Agustina, Miglioranza, Karina Silvia Beatriz, Copello, Sofía, Favero, Marco, Seco Pon, Juan Pablo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: seabirds; POPs; pollution; patagonia; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Argentina; Silvia; Cape Petrels; Daption capense
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/122344

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are accumulated through time and can exert different effect on ecosystems. POPs and Chlorpyrifos, a current use pesticide, were assessed in body feathers of males and females of Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris, BBA) and Cape petrels (Daption cape...