Journal of hazardous materialsAnimalsCharadriiformesEnvironmental MonitoringAir PollutantsParticulate Matter
Physiological impact of air quality in urban gulls and its implications for their use as pollution sentinels in coastal cities.
Catarina F Oliveira, Montserrat Solé, Víctor Martín-Vélez, Marc Rico, Tomás Montalvo, Joan Navarro
Published: 202510.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.140518
Abstract
Urban air pollutants pose significant threats to both wildlife and humans due to their persistence and potential for bioaccumulation. Sentinel species such as the yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) are valuable to assess environmental contaminati…
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