• First assessment of pollutant exposure in two balaenopterid whale populations sampled in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway 

      Tartu, Sabrina; Fisk, Aaron T.; Götsch, Arntraut; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lydersen, Christian; Routti, Heli Anna Irmeli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Pollutant concentrations are poorly known for the largest animals on Earth, blue whales Balaenoptera musculus and fin whales Balaenoptera physalus. In this study, concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were ...
    • Plastic burdens in northern fulmars from Svalbard: Looking back 25 years 

      Collard, France; Bangjord, Georg; Herzke, Dorte; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis ingests a larger number of (micro)plastics than many other seabirds due to its feeding habits and gut morphology. Since 2002, they are bioindicators of marine plastics in the North ...
    • Screening Programme 2017 – AMAP Assessment Compounds 

      Schlabach, Martin; van Bavel, Bert; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Borgen, Anders; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing; Götsch, Arntraut; Halse, Anne Karine; Hanssen, Linda; Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Nygård, Torgeir; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Reid, Malcolm James; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Samanipour, Saer (NILU report;21/2018, Research report, 2018)
      This report summarizes the findings of a screening study on the occurrence of emerging substances selected by AMAP and other related substances measured earlier. The study includes selected solvents, siloxanes, flame ...