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Mercury in seabirds |
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| Authors: | I.M. Dale M.S. Baxter J.A. Bogan W.R.P. Bourne |
| Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Scotland;Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, University of Glasgow, Scotland;The Seabird Group, Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Abstract: | Concentrations of mercury in the liver of birds around the British coast vary from very low levels of 0.7 ppm in a young guillemot to 122 ppm in a redbreasted merganser. Eiders which feed on mussels known to accumulate mercury also have high concentrations of this pollutant. |
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