Deleterious effects of mercury contamination on immunocompetence, liver function and egg volume in an antarctic seabird

• Published in: Chemosphere
• Main Authors: Ibañez, Andrés E., Mills, William F., Bustamante, Paco, Morales, Lara M., Torres, Diego S., D' Astek, Beatriz, Mariano-Jelicich, Rocío, Phillips, Richard A., Montalti, Diego
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2024
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; antarcticus; Stercorarius antarcticus
• Online Access: https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/114106/; https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/114106/1/114106%20AAM.pdf

Mercury (Hg) is a globally important pollutant that can negatively impact metabolic, endocrine and immune systems of marine biota. Seabirds are long-lived marine top predators and hence are at risk of bioaccumulating high Hg concentrations from their prey. Here, we measured blood total mercury (THg)...