Mercury trends in colonial waterbird eggs downstream of the oil sands region of Alberta, Canada

• Published in: Environmental Science & Technology
• Main Authors: Hebert, C.E. (Craig), Campbell, D. (David), Kindopp, R. (Rhona), Macmillan, S. (Stuart), Martin, P. (Pamela), Neugebauer, E. (Ewa), Patterson, L. (Lucy), Shatford, J. (Jeff)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Athabasca River; Canada; Fort McMurray; Peace-Athabasca Delta; Common tern; Lake Athabasca
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/15764; https://doi.org/10.1021/es402542w

Mercury levels were measured in colonial waterbird eggs collected from two sites in northern Alberta and one site in southern Alberta, Canada. Northern sites in the Peace-Athabasca Delta and Lake Athabasca were located in receiving waters of the Athabasca River which drains the oil sands industrial...