Contaminant concentrations in ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) eggs from Svalbard and the Russian Arctic (2006-2007)

• Main Authors: Miljeteig, Cecilie, Strøm, Hallvard, Gavrilo, Maria V, Volkov, Andrey, Jenssen, Bjørn Munro, Gabrielsen, Geir W
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Arctic; Climate change; Franz Josef Land; International Polar Year; ivory gull; Pagophila eburnea; Sea ice; Severnaya Zemlya; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.817049; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.817049

We found high levels of contaminants, in particular organochlorines, in eggs of the ivory gull Pagophila eburnea, a high Arctic seabird species threatened by climate change and contaminants. An 80% decline in the ivory gull breeding population in the Canadian Arctic the last two decades has been doc...