Mercury concentrations in feathers of wading birds from Florida

AMBIO

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-100

  Beyer, W Nelson ^a   Spalding, Marilyn ^b   Morrison, Doug ^c  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AJAIA AJAJA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ARDEA; ARDEA HERODIAS; ARDEA HERODIAS OCCIDENTALIS; AVES; CASMERODIUS; CASMERODIUS ALBUS; CICONIIFORMES; MYCTERIA AMERICANA; PLATYRHYNCHOS; THRESKIORNITHIDAE;

EID: 0030981948     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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38. We thank the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Nongame program for funding the collection of feathers and livers from birds from southern Florida and we thank John Eisemann, John French, Gary Heinz and Jeffrey Hatfield for reviewing the manuscript.
39. First submitted 2 August 1995. Accepted for publication after revision 25 January 1996.