Mercury and other metals in eggs and feathers of glaucous-winged gulls (Larus glaucescens) in the Aleutians

• Published in: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
• Main Authors: Burger, Joanna, Gochfeld, Michael, Jeitner, Christian, Burke, Sean, Volz, Conrad D., Snigaroff, Ronald, Snigaroff, Daniel, Shukla, Tara, Shukla, Sheila
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Article; Adak; Amchitka; Bering Sea; Kiska; Pacific; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4300123; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18626778; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0306-6

Levels of mercury and other contaminants should be lower in birds nesting on isolated oceanic islands and at high latitudes without any local or regional sources of contamination, compared to more urban and industrialized temperate regions. We examined concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, l...