Deleterious effects of mercury contamination on immunocompetence, liver function and egg volume in an antarctic seabird

• Published in: Chemosphere
• Main Authors: Ibañez, Andres Esteban, Mills, William F., Bustamante, Paco, Morales, Lara Mariel, Torres, Diego Sebastian, D' Astek, Beatriz, Mariano y Jelicich, Rocío, Phillips, Richard A., Montalti, Diego
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; MERCURY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRDS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Esperanza; Hope Bay; Ibañez; Morales; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Stercorarius antarcticus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/224411

Mercury (Hg) is a globally important pollutant that can negatively impact metabolic, endocrine and immune systems of marine biota. Seabirds are long-lived marine top predators and hence are at risk of bioaccumulating high Hg concentrations from their prey. Here, we measured blood total mercury (THg)...