The effect of long-range transport, trophic position and diet specialization on legacy contaminant occurrence in great skuas, Stercorarius skua, breeding across the Northeast Atlantic

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Leat, Eliza Helen Kelsey, Bourgeon, Sophie, Hanssen, Sveinn Are, Petersen, Ævar, Strøm, Hallvard, Bjørn, Tor Harry, Gabrielsen, Geir W., Bustnes, Jan Ove, Furness, Robert W., Haarr, Ane, Borgå, Katrine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400; Bjørnøya; Svalbard; Great skua; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic; Stercorarius skua
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17302; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.005

Accepted manuscript version, licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. High levels of halogenated organic contaminants (HOCs) have been found in the marine predatory seabird great skua ( Stercorarius skua ) from breeding colonies in the Northeastern Atlantic, with large unexplained inter-colony variation. The prese...