Determination of mercury in the eggs of common murres (Uria aalge) for the seabird tissue archival and monitoring project{
An analytical method using isotope dilution cold vapor inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ID-CV-ICPMS) was developed for the determination of total mercury in the eggs of seabirds. Components including error magnification, verification of method accuracy and assignment of analytical uncer...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.489.1523 2023-05-15T15:43:28+02:00 Determination of mercury in the eggs of common murres (Uria aalge) for the seabird tissue archival and monitoring project{ S. J. Christopher Er Pol R. S. Pugh R. D. Day P. R. Becker The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2002 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.489.1523 http://www.nativescience.org/assets/Documents/PDF Documents/HgSTAMP.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.489.1523 http://www.nativescience.org/assets/Documents/PDF Documents/HgSTAMP.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.nativescience.org/assets/Documents/PDF Documents/HgSTAMP.pdf text 2002 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T08:21:49Z An analytical method using isotope dilution cold vapor inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ID-CV-ICPMS) was developed for the determination of total mercury in the eggs of seabirds. Components including error magnification, verification of method accuracy and assignment of analytical uncertainty are presented in the context of collecting mercury data for single sample aliquots. Forty-one egg samples collected from common murre (Uria aalge) colonies on Little Diomede and Saint George Islands in the Bering Sea and East Amatuli and Saint Lazaria Islands in the Gulf of Alaska yielded mercury mass fraction values ranging from approximately 0.010 mg g21 to 0.360 mg g21. Relative expanded uncertainties for the individual determinations ranged from 1.2 % to 4.4%. A one-way analysis of variance including pairwise comparisons across the colonies showed that mercury levels in eggs collected from the Gulf of Alaska colonies were significantly higher than their counterparts in the Bering Sea. Mercury data from each colony were normally distributed, suggesting a ubiquitous regional deposition of mercury and corresponding incorporation into local foodwebs. Text Bering Sea Common Murre Uria aalge Alaska uria Unknown Bering Sea Gulf of Alaska George Islands ENVELOPE(-121.887,-121.887,65.534,65.534) |
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An analytical method using isotope dilution cold vapor inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ID-CV-ICPMS) was developed for the determination of total mercury in the eggs of seabirds. Components including error magnification, verification of method accuracy and assignment of analytical uncertainty are presented in the context of collecting mercury data for single sample aliquots. Forty-one egg samples collected from common murre (Uria aalge) colonies on Little Diomede and Saint George Islands in the Bering Sea and East Amatuli and Saint Lazaria Islands in the Gulf of Alaska yielded mercury mass fraction values ranging from approximately 0.010 mg g21 to 0.360 mg g21. Relative expanded uncertainties for the individual determinations ranged from 1.2 % to 4.4%. A one-way analysis of variance including pairwise comparisons across the colonies showed that mercury levels in eggs collected from the Gulf of Alaska colonies were significantly higher than their counterparts in the Bering Sea. Mercury data from each colony were normally distributed, suggesting a ubiquitous regional deposition of mercury and corresponding incorporation into local foodwebs. |
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Determination of mercury in the eggs of common murres (Uria aalge) for the seabird tissue archival and monitoring project{ |
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Determination of mercury in the eggs of common murres (Uria aalge) for the seabird tissue archival and monitoring project{ |
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Determination of mercury in the eggs of common murres (Uria aalge) for the seabird tissue archival and monitoring project{ |
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