Spatial and sex differences in mercury contamination of skuas in the Southern Ocean
Antarctic marine ecosystems are often considered to be pristine environments, yet wildlife in the polar regions may still be exposed to high levels of environmental contaminants. Here, we measured total mercury (THg) concentrations in blood samples from adult brown skuas Stercorarius antarcticus lon...
Published in: | Environmental Pollution |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Elsevier
2022
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531763/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749122000550 |