Yellow-legged gull eggs (Larus michahellis) as persistent organic pollutants and trace metal bioindicator for two nearby areas with different human impact

• Published in: Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Viñas, L. (Lucía), Besada, V. (Victoria), Pérez-Fernández, B. (Begoña), Bode, A. (Antonio)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo 2021
• Subjects: Trace metals; POPs; Bioindicator; Seagull egg; pollutants; Bioindicators; Bird eggs; Nordeste; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/11757; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110026

The concentration of different persistent organic pollutants (POPs including chlorinated and brominated compounds) and trace metals and metalloids (As, Cd, Cu, Cr, Pb, Hg, Ni, and Zn) was examined in eggs from two colonies of yellow-legged gulls. The two colonies are established in Ría de Vigo, Nort...