The Accumulation, Storage and Elimination of Metals and Organochlorines in the Great Skua Catharacta skua skua and Metal Accumulation in Atlantic Procellariiformes

The concentrations of metals and organochlorines (DDE and polychlorinated biphenyls) were measured in tissues of seabirds from the North and South Atlantic in order to examine possible differences between north and south populations. The seabirds were collected from the islands of Foula (Shetland),...

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Main Author: Muirhead, Sandra Jayne
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 1986
Subjects:
Fulmar
Gough
Tristan
Catharacta skua
Diomedea exulans
Fulmarus glacialis
Great skua
North Atlantic
North East Atlantic
Wandering Albatross
Online Access:http://theses.gla.ac.uk/77364/
http://theses.gla.ac.uk/77364/1/10991742.pdf

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