Spatial variations in winter Hg contamination affect egg volume in an Arctic seabird, the great skua (Stercorarius skua)

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Albert, Céline, Strøm, Hallvard, Helgason, Halfdan Helgi, Bråthen, Vegard Sandøy, Gudmundsson, Fannar Theyr, Bustamante, Paco, Fort, Jérôme
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Forurensning; Pollution; Kvikksølv; Mercury; VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400; VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400; Arctic; Bjørnøya; Svalbard; Great skua; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; Stercorarius skua
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3033552; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120322

Knowledge of the ecology and at-sea distribution of migratory species like seabirds has substantially increased over the last two decades. Furthermore, an increasing number of studies have recently focused on chemical contamination of birds over their annual cycle. However, the understanding of the...