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Mercury in Different Feather Types from Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo L.) Inhabiting the Vistula Lagoon Ecosystem in Poland
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Total mercury levels in different feather types (down, contour, tail and flight) in Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo L.) were determined using CV-AAS. Feathers from Great Cormorants inhabiting the Vistula Lagoon ecosystem have an average Hg level of 7.14 ± 3.99 (μg/g w.w.). Age-dependent concentrations of Hg were statistically significant (ANOVA Kruskal-Wallis, p < 0.0001). There were also significant differences in Hg levels in different parts of feathers from adults and immature birds (ANOVA Kruskal-Wallis, p < 0.0001). Cormorant chick feathers appear to be a potential biomonitor of Hg pollution in the Vistula Lagoon ecosystem, but this subject requires further research.
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Małgorzata Misztal-Szkudlińska
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- Articles
- Type:
- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY
no. 89,
pages 841 - 844,
ISSN: 0007-4861 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Bibliographic description:
- Misztal-Szkudlińska M., Szefer P., Konieczka P., Namieśnik J.: Mercury in Different Feather Types from Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo L.) Inhabiting the Vistula Lagoon Ecosystem in Poland// BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY. -Vol. 89, nr. No. 4 (2012), s.841-844
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s00128-012-0771-z
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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