Penguin guano trace metals release to Antarctic waters: a kinetic modelling

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Ruiz Gutiérrez, Gema, Sparaventi, Erica, Galán Corta, Berta, Tovar Sánchez, Antonio, Viguri Fuente, Javier Rufino
• Other Authors: Universidad de Cantabria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: Gentoo penguin; Guano; Trace metals; Release; Leachable fraction; Flux; Kinetic modelling; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10902/29937; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166448

Penguin guano has been considered as a suitable bioindicator of the exposure to environmental contaminants in Antarctic environment. Although trace metal content values in penguin guano have been widely reported, the kinetics of their mobility in seawater have not been determined. In the present stu...