The tail feathers of osprey nestlings (Pandion haliaetus L.) as indicators of change in mercury load in the environment of southern Sweden (1969-1998): A case study with a note on the simultaneous intake of selenium

Ambio

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 133-137

  Odsjö, Tjelvar ^a,b   Roos, Anna ^b   Johnels, Alf G ^b  

^a SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FEATHER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NESTLING; SELENIUM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; KRONOBERG; LAKE ASNEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PANDION HALIAETUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 2342485117     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-33.3.133     Document Type: Article

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39. Financial support for this work, from the Olle and Signhild Engkvist Foundations, is gratefully acknowledged. The authors are indebted to Jan Sondell, Lars-Olof Hallberg and Per-Stefan Hallberg for their skillful assistance in specimen collection. Birgitta Carell carried out the total-Hg analysis at the Royal Institute of Technology and John Munthe did the methyl Hg analysis at the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Gothenburg. We are also grateful to the late Professor Torbjörn Westermark for valuable discussions.
40. First submitted 7 March 2002. Revised manuscript received 16 Oct. 2002. Accepted for publication 17 Oct. 2002.