Common Eider and Herring Gull as Contaminant Indicators of Different Ecological Niches of an Urban Fjord System

ABSTRACT Seabirds like gulls are common indicators in contaminant monitoring. The herring gull (Larus argentatus) is a generalist with a broad range of dietary sources, possibly introducing a weakness in its representativeness of aquatic contamination. To investigate the herring gull as an indicator...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Integrated environmental assessment and management 2021-03, Vol.17 (2), p.422-433
Hauptverfasser:	Thorstensen, Helene, Ruus, Anders, Helberg, Morten, Bæk, Kine, Enge, Ellen Katrin, Borgå, Katrine
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Aquatic birds Blood Breeding Charadriiformes Common eider Contaminants Contamination Dry weight Ecological distribution Ecological niches Ecosystem Ecosystem assessment Ecosystem management Eggs Environmental assessment Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental management Environmental Monitoring Estuaries Fjords Food chains Food contamination Food webs Herring gull Incubation Incubation period Indicators Integrated environmental assessment Larus argentatus Lipids Lipophilic Lipophilicity Marine ecosystems Marine fishes Marine pollution Markers Maternal transfer Mercury Mercury - analysis Niches PCB Persistent organic pollutants Pollution indicators Pollution monitoring Polychlorinated biphenyls Sea pollution Seabirds Somateria mollissima Toxicology Urban areas Weight Wet weight
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