Seabird-mediated transport of organohalogen compounds to remote sites (North West Greenland polynya)

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Nagar, Nupur, Bartrons, Mireia, Brucet, Sandra, Davidson, Thomas A, Jeppesen, Erik, Grimalt, Joan O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Sediment cores; Greenland; Lacustrine environments; Migratory bird transport of pollutants; Organochlorine and organobromine compounds; Polynya; Arctic; Guano; Alle alle; little auk
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/266886; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154219; https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85125710850

The role of sea birds as carriers of pollutants over long distances was evaluated by analyzing organochlorine and organobromine compounds in lake sediment cores from three remote sites around the North Water polynya (North West Greenland). One lake, NOW5, was in the vicinity of a little auk (Alle al...