The effect of long-range transport, trophic position and diet specialization on legacy contaminant occurrence in great skuas, Stercorarius skua, breeding across the Northeast Atlantic

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Leat, Eliza Helen Kelsey, Bourgeon, Sophie, Hanssen, Sveinn Are, Petersen, Ævar, Strøm, Hallvard, Bjørn, Tor Harry, Gabrielsen, Geir W., Bustnes, Jan Ove, Furness, Robert W., Haarr, Ane, Borgå, Katrine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Bjørnøya; Svalbard; Great skua; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic; Stercorarius skua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/76248; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-79332; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.005

High levels of halogenated organic contaminants (HOCs) have been found in the marine predatory seabird great skua (Stercorarius skua) from breeding colonies in the Northeastern Atlantic, with large unexplained inter-colony variation. The present study aimed at analyzing if the HOCs occurrence in bre...