Heavy Metal Concentrations in Feathers of the Adélie Penguin and the South-Polar Skua from Cape Royds, Ross Island

• Main Author: de Hamel, Stephanie
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Ross Sea; Ross Island; Royds; Cape Royds; Antarc*; Antarctica; South Polar Skuas
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14124

Using chemical analysis to detect traces of heavy metals is a popular technique in the science community. In this report, ICP-MS was used to analyse a sample of feathers from both Adélie Penguins and South-polar Skuas from Cape Royds, Ross Island. These two Antarctic bird species are important parts...