The movement of aquatic mercury through terrestrial food webs

Science

Volumn 320, Issue 5874, 2008, Pages 335-

  Cristol, Daniel A ^a   Brasso, Rebecka L ^a   Condon, Anne M ^a   Fovargue, Rachel E ^a   Friedman, Scott L ^a   Hallinger, Kelly K ^a   Monroe, Adrian P ^a   White, Ariel E ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

DIET; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; SONGBIRD; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC CASCADE; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIRD; BREEDING; FOOD WEB; LAND BIOME; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SONGBIRD; SPIDER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GRASSHOPPERS; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SONGBIRDS; SPIDERS; VIRGINIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 42349085747     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1154082     Document Type: Article

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7. Funded by E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Vice Provost for Research of College of William and Mary, and NSF UBM 0436318. J. Schmerfeld, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, suggested the study, R. Taylor analyzed avian mercury, and C. Shade analyzed methylmercury. We thank A. Arkhipov, D. Hawley, S. Hoskin, M. Howie, R. Jefferson-George, S. Koebley, M. Leandre, L. Savoy, J. Spahr, and C. Ziegenfus for fieldwork and D. Evers, T. Meier, M. Newman, and the entire South River Science Team for logistical support.