Individual variation in biomarkers of health: Influence of persistent organic pollutants in Great skuas (Stercorarius skua) breeding at different geographical locations

• Published in: Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Bourgeon, Sophie, Leat, Eliza H.K., Magnusdóttir, Ellen, Fisk, Aaron T., Furness, Robert W., Strøm, Hallvard, Hanssen, Sveinn Are, Petersen, Ævar E., Olafsdóttir, Kristin, Borgå, Katrine, Gabrielsen, Geir W., Bustnes, Jan Ove
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship at UWindsor 2012
• Subjects: Brominated flame retardants; Feather corticosterone; Organochlorines; Oxidative stress; Plasma immunoglobulin Y; Arctic; Bjørnøya; Great skua; Iceland; North Atlantic; Stercorarius skua
• Online Access: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/glierpub/383; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2012.08.004

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been shown to cause adverse effects on a number of biomarkers of health in birds. POPs may impair immune function and alter the stress response, defined as a suite of behavioral and physiological responses to environmental perturbations. Recent studies have...