作者: Margaret C. Whitney , Daniel A. Cristol
DOI: 10.1007/398_2017_4
关键词: Mercury (element) 、 Ecotoxicology 、 Methylmercury 、 Environmental chemistry 、 Common loon 、 Predation 、 Environmental science 、 Zebra finch 、 MERCURY EXPOSURE 、 Bioaccumulation
摘要: Mercury is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant known to accumulate in, and negatively affect, fish-eating oceanic bird species, recently demonstrated impact some terrestrial songbirds comparable extent. It can bioaccumulate concentrations of >1 μg/g in tissues prey organisms such as fish insects. At high enough concentrations, exposure mercury lethal birds. However, exposures are usually far below the established by dosing studies.