Contamination status and accumulation characteristics of heavy metals and arsenic in five seabird species from the central Bering Sea

• Published in: Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
• Main Authors: Ishii, Chihiro, Ikenaka, Yoshinori, Nakayama, Shouta M. M., Mizukawa, Hazuki, Yohannes, Yared Beyene, Watanuki, Yutaka, Fukuwaka, Masaaki, Ishizuka, Mayumi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 公益社団法人 日本獣医学会
• Subjects: Bering Sea; cadmium; mercury; seabird; 649; Fulmar; fratercula; Fulmarus glacialis; Northern Fulmar; Odobenus rosmarus; Puffinus tenuirostris; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; Callorhinus ursinus; uria; walrus*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/70803; https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.16-0441

Seabirds are marine top predators and accumulate high levels of metals and metalloids in their tissues. Contamination by metals in the highly productive offshore region has become a matter of public concern. It is home to 80% of the seabird population in the U.S.A., 95% of northern fur seals (Callor...