South polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki) as biovectors for long-range transport of persistent organic pollutants to Antarctica

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Wild, Seanan, Eulaers, Igor, Covaci, Adrian, Bossi, Rossana, Hawker, Darryl, Cropp, Roger, Southwell, Colin, Emmerson, Louise, Lepoint, Gilles, Eisenmann, Pascale, Nash, Susan Bengtson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Organic chemistry; Global change biology; Environmental assessment and monitoring; Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Southern ocean; Antarctic; Guano; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Catharacta maccormicki; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/417870; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118358

Migratory bird species may serve as vectors of contaminants to Antarctica through the local deposition of guano, egg abandonment, or mortality. To further investigate this chemical input pathway, we examined the contaminant burdens and profiles of the migratory South polar skua (Catharacta maccormic...