Conservation

• Published in: Le Naturaliste canadien
• Main Authors: Guy Fitzgerald, François Bilodeau, Jean Rodrigue, Louise Champoux
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: La Société Provancher d'histoire naturelle du Canada 2014
• Subjects: Sciences Humaines et Sociales; Social Sciences and Humanities; Évolution temporelle; mercure; oiseaux de proie; plumes; Québec; birds of prey; feather analysis; mercury; temporal changes; envir; art; Blanche; Tête Blanche; Northern Goshawk; balbuzard pêcheur; golden eagle; osprey
• Online Access: http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/natcan/2015-v139-n1-natcan01613/1027672ar.pdf; https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/natcan/2015-v139-n1-natcan01613/1027672ar.pdf; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Louise_Champoux/publication/271135465_volution_temporelle_des_concentrations_de_mercure_dans_les_plumes_d'oiseaux_de_proie_au_Qubec/links/54be87160cf2e4062674f976.pdf; https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1027672ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/1027672ar; https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/natcan/2015-v139-n1-natcan01613/1027672ar/; https://core.ac.uk/display/59435769; https://www.erudit.org/revue/natcan/2015/v139/n1/1027672ar.html?vue=resume; http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1027672ar; https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2009141346

Feathers collected from 7 raptor species in Québec between 1906 and 2002 were screened for mercury. The concentrations found in golden eagle and northern goshawk feathers decreased over time. In addition, over the 6- to 8-year period between 1989-1991 and 1997, a 33% decrease in mercury levels was o...