Immunomodulation by metals and environmental pollutants in seabirds breeding on Svalbard

• Main Author: Lundgren, Silje Strand
• Other Authors: Jaspers, Veerle, Waugh, Courtney, Wing Gabrielsen, Geir
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: NTNU 2018
• Subjects: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; Environmental Toxicology; Blomstrandhalvøya; Ossian Sarsfjellet; Svalbard; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2503836

This master thesis investigated the levels of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, lead, selenium and zinc in plasma and feathers of black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridcatyla) (n = 17), as well as feathers of Brünnich s guillemots (Uria lomvia) (n = 13) sampled in July 2017. Secondly, this t...