Metal Levels in Blood and Feather from Incubating Female Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) in Svalbard.

• Main Author: Lervik, Kjersti
• Other Authors: Krøkje, Åse, Fenstad, Anette, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Fakultet for naturvitenskap og teknologi, Institutt for biologi
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Institutt for biologi 2012
• Subjects: ntnudaim:6888; MLREAL Lektorutdanning med master i realfag; Kjemi og biologi; Storholmen; Svalbard; Common Eider; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Somateria mollissima
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/245063

In the present study, the concentration of selected metals and metalloids were determined in blood and feathers of 29 incubating female common eiders (Somateria mollissima). The birds were sampled at the island Storholmen in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, at the end of the nesting season of 2011. In order...