Persistent organic pollutants in key-species of a Ross Sea pelagic trophic web

• Main Authors: CORSOLINI, S., ADEMOLLO, N., ROMEO, T., OLMASTRONI, S., FOCARDI, S. E.
• Other Authors: Corsolini, S., Ademollo, N., Romeo, T., Olmastroni, S., Focardi, S. E.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Adélie penguin; Antarctica; krill; PCBs; silverfish; penguin feeding ecology; TEQs; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; Edmonson Point; Antarc*; Euphausia superba; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11365/442054

Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) stomach contents,krill (Euphausia superba andE. crystallorophias) and silverfish (Pleuragramma antarcticum) from the Ross Sea were analysed todetermine several persistent organic pollutants (POPs). In discussing the data, the prey-predator linkagebetween these spe...