Toxicology of the Svalbard Atlantic Puffin

• Main Author: Underwood, Arin Kendall Povelite
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecotoxicology: 489; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økotoksikologi: 489; BIO-3950; Arctic; Barents Sea; Norway; Røst; Svalbard; Atlantic puffin; Climate change; Glaucous Gull
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15944

The Arctic is a sink for pollutants that accumulate there via long-range transport and biomagnification of persistent organic pollutant (POPs). The main objectives of this study were to identify the pollutants in the Svalbard Atlantic puffin and to compare their levels with southern puffin colonies...