Abstract Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to
review biological effects of mercury (Hg) on Arctic biota in 2011 and 2018, there has been a …

Mercury (Hg), because of its deleterious effects on wildlife and its high concentrations in
polar regions, has been widely studied in the Arctic. This provided important information …

Heavy metals contribute to the anthropogenic contamination of marine ecosystems. Some of
them are essential to the life processes of organisms; others are toxic, even at low …

Biomonitoring using birds of prey as sentinel species has been mooted as a way to evaluate
the success of European Union directives that are designed to protect people and the …

Seabirds accumulate significant amounts of mercury (Hg) due to their long-life span together
with their medium to high trophic position in marine food webs. Hg speciation and Hg …

The bioaccumulation of metals in an animal depends on a multitude of factors: biotic ones,
like its body dimensions and mass, age, sex, diet, metabolism, and position in the trophic …

Mercury (Hg) is a natural trace element found in high concentrations in top predators,
including Arctic seabirds. Most current knowledge about Hg concentrations in Arctic …

Arctic organisms are exposed to various levels of pollutants, among which mercury (Hg) has
raised important environmental concerns. Previous studies examining Hg levels, trends, and …

Despite a large body of research concerning mercury (Hg) in birds, no single tissue has
been used consistently to assess Hg exposure, and this has hampered comparisons across …

Seabirds are used frequently as indicators of mercury contamination in marine ecosystems,
but few studies have examined the forms of mercury found in seabird tissues. Here we …