Penguin colonies as secondary sources of contamination with persistent organic pollutants

• Main Authors: Roosens, Laurence, van den Brink, Nico, Riddle, Martin, Blust, Ronny, Neels, Hugo, Covaci, Adrian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Biology; Pharmacology. Therapy; Antarctic; Guano; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10067/867030151162165141

Abstract: Levels of several organohalogenated pollutants, such as p,p-DDE, HCB, CHLs and PCBs, were 10 to 100-fold higher in soil samples collected from penguin colonies than in soil from reference areas. This is likely related to local penguin activity, such as a higher abundance of guano and the p...