Persistent organic pollutants in some species of the Ross Sea pelagic trophic web

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: CORSOLINI, S., ADEMOLLO, N., ROMEO, T., OLMASTRONI, S., FOCARDI, S.
• Other Authors: Corsolini, S., Ademollo, N., Romeo, T., Olmastroni, S., Focardi, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Adélie penguin; Antarctica; Krill; PCB; Penguin feeding ecology; Silverfish; TEQs; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; Edmonson Point; Antarc*; Euphausia superba; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11365/2981; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102003001093

Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) stomach contents, krill (Euphausia superba and E. crystallorophias) and silverfish (Pleuragramma antarcticum) from the Ross Sea were analysed to determine several persistent organic pollutants (POPs). In discussing the data, the prey-predator linkage between thes...