Corticosterone, prolactin and egg neglect behavior in relation to mercury and legacy POPs in a long-lived Antarctic bird

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Tartu, Sabrina, Angelier, Frédéric, Wingfield, John C., Bustamante, Paco, Labadie, Pierre, Budzinski, Hélène, Weimerskirch, Henri, Bustnes, Jan Ove, Chastel, Olivier
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, University of California (UC), LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Environnements et Paléoenvironnements OCéaniques (EPOC), Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Division of Arctic Ecology (NINA), Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: Persistent organic pollutants; Mercury; Age; Snow petrel; Reproduction; [SDV.TOX.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Ecotoxicology; Antarctic; Nivea; Antarc*; Snow Petrel; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01104653; https://hal.science/hal-01104653/document; https://hal.science/hal-01104653/file/Tartu%20et%20al%202015%20STOTEN.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.008

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