(Table 2) Concentrations of persistant organic pollutants in the yolk of glaucous gull eggs, Bjørnøya, Svalbard archipelago

• Main Authors: Verboven, Nanette, Verreault, Jonathan, Letcher, Robert J, Gabrielsen, Geir W, Evans, Neil P
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2008
• Subjects: alpha-Hexabromocyclododecane; Bear Island; Bjørnøya_Glupen; Bjørnøya_KappHarry; Bjørnøya_Teltvika; Bjørnøya; Svalbard archipelago; Norway; Chlordane; standard deviation; Chlorinated benzene; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Dieldrin; Event label; Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS); HAND; Hexabromocyclododecane; Hexachlorocyclohexane; International Polar Year (2007-2008); ipy; Methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Mirex; Octachlorostyrene; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Sample amount; Sample type; Sampling by hand; Arctic; Glaucous Gull; International Polar Year; IPY; Larus hyperboreus; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.786482; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786482

It is largely unknown if and how persistent organic pollutants (POPs) affect the transfer of maternal hormones to eggs. This occurs despite an increasing number of studies relating environmental conditions experienced by female birds at the time of egg formation to maternal hormonal effects. Here we...