Legacy Pollutants are Declining in Great Skuas (Stercorarius skua) but Remain Higher in Faroe Islands than in Scotland

To monitor environmental pollutants in Faroese biota, samples from a top predator were analysed and put into a spatial and temporal context. Analysis of 20 Great Skua eggs sampled in 2012 from the Faroe Islands showed >70 % lower concentrations of legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) than...

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Autores principales: Hammer, Sjurdur, Nager, Ruedi G., Alonso, Sarah, McGill, Rona A. R., Furness, Robert W., Dam, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4942484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27329112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-016-1856-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4942484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27329112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-016-1856-x

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