POP-cocktails : hangover threats for seabirds? The response of three seabird species to exposure to persistent organic pollutants in the Barents Sea

• Main Author: Sagerup, Kjetil
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitetet i Tromsø 2009
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Zoogeografi: 486; Arctic; Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs); DDT; PCB; PBDE; heavy metals; seabirds; Glaucous gull Larus hyperboreus; Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla; Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica; parasites; immune system; IgG; IgM; lethal levels?; Barents Sea; Barrett; Johansen; Atlantic puffin; Black-legged Kittiwake; fratercula; Fratercula arctica; Glaucous Gull; Larus hyperboreus; rissa tridactyla; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/2244

Papers number 1,2 and 3 of the thesis are not available in Munin due to publishers' restrictions. Paper 4 is a manuscript, and not available in Munin. 1. Sagerup, K., Henriksen, E.O., Skorping, A. Skaare, J.U., Gabrielsen G.W.: "Intensity of parasitic nematodes is associated with organochlorine levels in the glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)." Jornal of Applied Ecology 2000; 37: 532-239 (British Ecology Society). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00521.x 2. Sagerup, K., Larsen, H.J.S., Skaare, J.U., Johansen, G.M., Gabrielsen, G.W.: "The toxic effects of multiple persistent organic pollutant exposures on the post-hatch immunity maturation of glaucous gulls." Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A 2009; 72: 1-14 (Taylor & Francis). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15287390902959516 3. Sagerup, K., Savinov, V., Savinova, T., Kuklin, V.V., Muir, D.C.G., Gabrielsen, G.W.: "Persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and parasites in the glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) on Spitsbergen." Environmental Pollution 2009; 157(8-9): 2282-2290 (Elsevier). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.031 4. Sagerup, K., Åsbakk, K., Polder A., Skaare, J.U., Gabrielsen, G.W., Barrett, R.T.: "The effect of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on the immune system of black-legged kittiwakes and Atlantic puffins in the Barents Sea." Manuscript. The overall aim of the thesis was to study immunological effects of pollutants in Barents Sea. The Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) and Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) were studied. The apex predatory glaucous gull have high levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), while the fish eating black-legged kittiwake and Atlantic puffin are located lower in the food-chain and have lower levels of POPs. In breeding glaucous gulls, positive correlations between levels of intestinal nematode and organochlorine (OC) levels were observed. The intestinal parasite intensities could be ...