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  1. Mercury bioaccumulation in Southern Appalachian birds, assessed through feather concentrations

    Mercury contamination in wildlife has rarely been studied in the Southern Appalachians despite high deposition rates in the region. From 2006 to 2008 we sampled feathers from 458 birds representing 32 species in the Southern Appalachians for total mercury and stable isotope ä <sup>15</sup>N. Mercury concentrations (mean ± SE) averaged 0.46...

    Author(s):
    Rebecca Hylton Keller; Lingtian Xie; David B. Buchwalter; Kathleen E. Franzreb; Theodore R Simons
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    Mercury, Songbirds, Appalachian Mountains, Nitrogen-15 stable isotope, Trophic position, Terrestrial
    Source:
    Ecotoxicology 23:304-316
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