Trophic and fitness correlates of mercury and organochlorine compound residues in egg-laying Antarctic petrels

• Published in: Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Carravieri, Alice, Warner, Nicholas Alexander, Herzke, Dorte, Brault-Favrou, Maud, Tarroux, Arnaud, Fort, Jérôme, Bustamante, Paco, Descamps, Sebastien
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400; Antarctic; Austral; Dronning Maud Land; Svarthamaren; Antarc*; Antarctica; Thalassoica antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21176; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110518

Understanding the drivers and effects of exposure to contaminants such as mercury (Hg) and organochlorine compounds (OCs) in Antarctic wildlife is still limited. Yet, Hg and OCs have known physiological and fitness effects in animals, with consequences on their populations. Here we measured total Hg...