Wide range of mercury contamination in chicks of southern ocean seabirds.

Using top predators as sentinels of the marine environment, Hg contamination was investigated within the large subantarctic seabird community of Kerguelen Islands, a remote area from the poorly known Southern Indian Ocean. Chicks of 21 sympatric seabirds presented a wide range of Hg concentrations,...

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Main Authors: Pierre Blévin, Alice Carravieri, Audrey Jaeger, Olivier Chastel, Paco Bustamante, Yves Cherel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3547921?pdf=render