Seabirds as bioindicators of Southern Ocean ecosystems : concentrations of inorganic and organic contaminants, ecological explanation and critical evaluation

• Main Author: Carravieri, Alice
• Other Authors: La Rochelle, Bustamante, Paco, Cherel, Yves
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Albatros; Écologie alimentaire; Éléments traces métalliques; Isotopes stables; Mercure; Manchots; Pétrels; Plumes; Polluants organiques persistants; Albatrosses; Feathers; Feeding habits; Mercury; Penguins; Persistent organic pollutants; Stable isotopes; Trace elements; envir; geo; Antarctic; Indian; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; Crozet Islands
• Online Access: http://www.theses.fr/2014LAROS026/document

Antarctic and subantarctic marine environments are reached by inorganic and organic contaminants through ocean circulation and atmospheric transport. Yet, environmental contamination is poorly known in the Southern Ocean, in particular in the Indian sector. Among environmental contaminants, mercury...