Feather mercury levels in seabirds at South Georgia: Influences of trophic position, sex and age

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Becker, Peter H., González-Solís, Jacob, Behrends, B., Croxall, J.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2002
• Subjects: Ocells marins; Mercuri; Ecologia animal; Poblacions animals; Antàrtic; Oceà; Sea birds; Mercury; Animal ecology; Animal populations; Antarctic Ocean; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Bird Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Gentoo penguin; Giant Petrel
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/61484

We studied the mercury contamination of 13 species of seabirds breeding on Bird Island, South Georgia, in 1998. Total mercury concentrations in body feather samples of birds caught at their breeding colonies were determined. Among the species, grey-headed albatross (8933 ng g-1) and southern giant p...