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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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Autores principales: Blévin, Pierre, Carravieri, Alice, Jaeger, Audrey, Chastel, Olivier, Bustamante, Paco, Cherel, Yves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3547921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23349912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054508