Trace metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in feathers of Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrys attending the Patagonian Shelf

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2012
• Subjects: Argentina; Black-browed Albatross; Feather tissues; Trace metals; Ocean space; Patagonian Shelf; Pollution monitoring; Seabirds; Argentino; Austral; Correo; Funes; Indian; Pablo; Patagonia; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/64415; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.04.004

Abstract We investigated the concentrations of cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, nickel, lead and zinc among feather tissues in sexes of Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrys killed in longliners off Argentina in 2005. We found no different metal concentration with sex for cadmium, copper,...