Levels and effects of environmental contaminants in herring gull (Larus argentatus) from an urban and a rural colony in Norway

• Main Author: Keilen, Ellen Kristine
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Rural; DNA damage; POPs; d15N; Comet assay; PCB; Larus argentatus; Urban; d13C; PBDE; Stable isotopes; Herring gull; cVMS; d32S; PFOS; Hornøya; Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/58299; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-61021

Persistent and lipophilic contaminants present in the oceans will accumulate in organisms through transfer in foodwebs. Many seabirds occupy high trophic positions in marine foodwebs, and may be used as bioindicators for marine ocean health. There is limited knowledge on how and whether environmenta...