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
• Other Authors: 27878368 - Ikenaka, Yoshinori
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2017
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Cadmium; Mercury; Seabird; 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/10394/24855; 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...