An important provision of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is to monitor and evaluate
the effectiveness of the adopted measures and its implementation. Here, we describe for the …

Mercury (Hg) is a globally important pollutant that can negatively impact metabolic,
endocrine and immune systems of marine biota. Seabirds are long-lived marine top …

The oceans become increasingly contaminated as a result of global industrial production
and consumer behaviour, and this affects wildlife in areas far removed from sources of …

Birds are widely used as indicators of environmental contamination because they integrate
signals across space and time. However, this advantage also means that locating the source …

We assessed the concentrations of metals and other trace elements in two of the most
common seabird species breeding on Svalbard, the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) …

Anthropogenic activity has disturbed the natural distribution and circulation of trace elements
in the environment. This has led to increased background levels of numerous elements …