Comparison of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, mercury and selenium in feathers in bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and comparison with common eider (Somateria mollissima), glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens), pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba), and tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) from the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

• Published in: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
• Main Authors: Burger, Joanna, Gochfeld, Michael
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Article; Adak; Amchitka; Amchitka Island; Bering Sea; Pacific; Common Eider; fratercula; Somateria mollissima; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4300136; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18521716; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0321-7

There is an abundance of field data for levels of metals from a range of places, but relatively few from the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. In this paper we examine the levels of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, mercury and selenium in feathers from common eiders (Somateria mollissi...