Heavy metals in Greenland seabirds

• Main Authors: Nielsen, Christian Overgaard, Dietz, Rune
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Danish Polar Center/Museum Tusculanum Press 1989
• Subjects: Fulmar; Greenland; Avanersuaq; Cepphus grylle; Fulmarus glacialis; Pagophila eburnea; rissa tridactyla; Stercorarius pomarinus; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142376

From six Greenland districts we report the concentration of Zn, Cd, Hg and Se in muscle (pectoral), liver and kidney for 320 seabirds of the following species: Cepphus grylle, Uria lomvia, Clangula hyemalis, Mergus serrator, Larus glaucoides, L. hyperboreus, Rissa tridactyla, Pagophila eburnea, Fulm...