Trace elements in Antarctic penguins and the potential role of guano as source of recycled metals in the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Chemosphere
• Main Authors: Sparaventi, Erica, Rodríguez-Romero, Araceli, Barbosa, Andrés, Ramajo, Laura, Tovar-Sánchez, Antonio
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Southern ocean; Antarctica; Penguin; Guano; Metal concentration; Droppings; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; antarcticus; Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/250321; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131423; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837

Penguins dominate the Antarctic avifauna. As key animals in the Antarctic ecosystem, they are monitored to evaluate the ecological status of this pristine and remote region and specifically, they have been used as effective bioindicators suitable for long-term monitoring of metals in the Antarctic e...