Simple Summary The interest in wildlife research has increased in the last decades as more
scientists work within a One Health framework that regards human, livestock and wildlife …

Biomonitoring using raptors as sentinels can provide early warning of the potential impacts
of contaminants on humans and the environment and also a means of tracking the success …

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 …

Metals are involved in the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which may result in
metal-related oxidative stress that can lead to oxidative damage to lipids, DNA and proteins …

Arsenic (As) is a metalloid of high concern because of its toxic effects for plants and animals.
However, it is hard to find information on this metalloid in passerines. This review presents a …

Seabirds, with approximately 1 billion specimens, are the main exchangers of nutrients
between Terrestial and Marine Systems and they have become an emerging interest group …

Every year, thousands of seabirds are cast ashore and are found dead along the coasts of
North America and Western Europe. These massive mortality events called 'winter wrecks' …

Emissions of metals and metalloids (Hg; Cd; Cr; Cu; Pb; Ni; Zn; Fe; Mn; As; Se) generated by
natural (eg, geothermal activity) or anthropic causes (eg., industry or mining) represent a …

Aquatic birds found at the top of the trophic chain are exposed to xenobiotics present both in
food and inhaled air. The aim of this study was to indicate and assess the routes and levels …

Mercury (Hg) is a toxic element which has increased in marine environments for more than a
century, due largely to anthropogenic activities, and biomagnifies in food chains to harmful …