SEABIRDS AS BIOINDICATORS OF SOUTHERN OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS: CONCENTRATIONS OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS, ECOLOGICAL EXPLANATION AND CRITICAL EVALUATION

• Main Author: Carravieri, Alice
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de La Rochelle, Paco Bustamante, Yves Cherel
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: trace elements; stable isotopes; persistent organic pollutants; penguins; mercury; albatrosses; feathers; feeding habits; polluants organiques persistants; manchots; mercure; plumes; albatros; pétrels; éléments trace métalliques; écologie alimentaire; isotopes stables; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Indian; Manchots; Pétrels; Antarc*; Antarctica; Crozet Islands
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-01104730; https://theses.hal.science/tel-01104730/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-01104730/file/Carravieri_Alice.pdf

Antarctic and subantarctic marine environments are reached by inorganic and organic contaminantsthrough ocean circulation and atmospheric transport. Yet, environmental contamination is poorlyknown in the Southern Ocean, in particular in the Indian sector. Among environmental contaminants,mercury (Hg...