Persistent organic pollutants in stomach contents of Adélie penguins from Edmonson Point (Victoria Land, Antarctica)

• Main Authors: Corsolini, S., Olmastroni, S., Ademollo, N., Minucci, G., Focardi, S.
• Other Authors: Huiskes, AHL, Gieskes, WWC, Rozema, J, Schorno, RML, VanDerVies, SM, Wolff, WJ
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: BACKHUYS PUBLISHERS 2003
• Subjects: PCB; pesticide; TEQ; Adelie penguin; feeding ecology; Antarctica; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; Edmonson Point; Antarc*; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11365/1090530

Stomach contents (n=43) of Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) nesting at Edmonson Point (Ross Sea) (74degrees20'56.7"S, 165degrees08'10.03"E) were analysed. Gas chromatography revealed concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), including coplanar congeners, at 1.01 ng/g...