Mercury levels in seabirds and their fish prey at the Ebro Delta (NW Mediterranean): the role of trawler discards as a source of contamination

By J. M. Arcos, X. Ruíz, S. Bearhop, Robert W. Furness. 2002

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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Impacts of fisheries on seabird communities (2003, background): “For example, seabirds feeding on discards accumulate much higher levels of certain con- taminants, such as mercury, than when they are feeding on pelagic fish (Arcos et al., 2002).”
Influence of trophic position and foraging range on mercury levels within a seabird community (2009, background): “…that there are strong trophic effects (Atwell et al. 1998), or that the proportion of particular prey types in the diet (e.g. mesopelagic fish) accessed through fisheries discards may be more important than trophic level per se (Thompson et al. 1998a, Monteiro et al. 1999, Arcos et al. 2002).”
The importance of pelagic longline fishery discards for a seabird community determined through stable isotope analysis (2010, background): “, 2008) and discards from demersal fisheries increase pollutant intake by seabirds (Arcos et al., 2002).”
Annual and seasonal consistency in the feeding ecology of an opportunistic species, the yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis (2014, methodology): “…Ramos et al. 2011); we collected P1 and S8 to represent the preceding summer and wintering seasons, respectively (Ramos et al. 2011), and breast feathers to represent the overall diet during the nonbreeding season, because body feathers moult throughout the non-breeding season (Arcos et al. 2002).”
Potential consequences of discard reform for seabird communities (2013, unknown): “), as well as high levels of some contaminants (Arcos et al. 2002).”