Glaucous gull

Wild aquatic birds serve as the natural reservoir for avian influenza virus (AIV), a disease with significant implications for avian and mammalian health. Climate change is predicted to impact the dynamics of AIV, particularly in areas such as the Arctic, but the baseline data needed to detect these shifts is often unavailable. In this study, plasma from two species of gulls breeding on the high-Arctic Svalbard archipelago were screened for antibodies to AIV.

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Pentabromotoluene has been used as a flame retardant in polyester and other polymers, latex, textiles, rubbers and plastics. Information on trends in use and production volume is unavailable. No information was identified as to whether it is used as an additive or reactive flame retardant (Fisk et al., 2003). Pentabromotoluene has been detected at low levels in pooled samples of Herring Gull eggs in the Great Lakes basin (Gauthier et al., 2007). Low levels were also found in male plasma and egg yolk of Glaucous Gulls from the Norwegian Arctic (Verreault et al., 2007). ...

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