Spatial and sex differences in mercury contamination of skuas in the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Mills, W, Ibañez, Andres Esteban, Bustamante, Paco, Carneiro, Ana P. B., Bearhop, Stuart, Cherel, Yves, Mariano y Jelicich, Rocío, McGill, Rona A. R., Montalti, Diego, Votier, Stephen C., Phillips, Richard A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; METALS; POLLUTANTS; SEABIRD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STABLE ISOTOPES; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; South Orkney Islands; Bird Island; Signy Island; Esperanza; Hope Bay; Ibañez; bahía Esperanza; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; antartic*; Stercorarius antarcticus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/207531

Antarctic marine ecosystems are often considered to be pristine environments, yet wildlife in the polar regions may still be exposed to high levels of environmental contaminants. Here, we measured total mercury (THg) concentrations in blood samples from adult brown skuas Stercorarius antarcticus lon...