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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |