Do mercury, selenium, cadmium and zinc cause oxidative stress in common eiders (Somateria mollissima) from Svalbard?

• Main Author: Saunes, Halvor
• Other Authors: Jenssen, Bjørn Munro, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Fakultet for naturvitenskap og teknologi, Institutt for biologi
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Institutt for biologi 2011
• Subjects: ntnudaim:6619; MSENVITOX Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; Environmental Toxicology; Arctic; Liefdefjorden; Svalbard; Common Eider; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Liefdefjord*; Somateria mollissima
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/244727

The levels of mercury have shown to increase in the Arctic environment as a cause of human activities. Few studies have examined the antioxidant system as a response to heavy metals in Arctic seabirds. Levels of the elements mercury (Hg), selenium (Se), cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) were analyzed in he...