Persistent organic pollutants and mercury in a colony of Antarctic seabirds: higher concentrations in 1998, 2001, and 2003 compared to 2014 to 2016

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Kuepper, Nadja, Böhm, Leonard, Braun, Christina, Bustamante, Paco, Düring, Rolf-Alexander, Libertelli, Marcela, Quillfeldt, Petra
• Other Authors: Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen = Justus Liebig University (JLU), Friedrich-Schiller-Universität = Friedrich Schiller University Jena Jena, Germany, LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), Instituto Antártico Argentino (IAA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: Wilson's storm-petrel; polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); DDX; Hg; ontogeny; [SDV.TOX.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Ecotoxicology; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; 25 de Mayo; Antarctic; isla 25 de Mayo; King George Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Isla 25 de Mayo; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03777492; https://hal.science/hal-03777492/document; https://hal.science/hal-03777492/file/Kuepper%20et%20al%202022%20Polar%20Biology.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-022-03065-w

International audience Abstract Over decades, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and trace metals like mercury (Hg) have reached the remotest areas of the world such as Antarctica by atmospheric transport. Once deposited in polar areas, low temperatures, and limited solar radiation lead to long en...