Birds as monitors of pollutants
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...In some instances, as with cadmium and lead, most appears to originate from direct atmospheric deposition onto feather surfaces, whereas ingested cadmium and lead become firmly bound in kidney and bone, respectively, and only enter feathers in trace amounts (Walsh, 1990; Furness, 1993; Stewart et al., 1994)....
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...The use of seabirds as monitors of plastic particle pollution on the ocean surface has been suggested by a number of authors (Furness, 1985, 1993; Ryan, 1987; Spear et al., 1995; Blight and Burger, 1997) because some seabirds, especially petrels, accumulate large numbers of plastic particles in…...
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...Mercury concentrations increase with age in fish and in marine mammals, but not in seabirds (Furness et al., 1990; Furness, 1993)....
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...The use of seabirds as monitors of marine pollution has been advocated many times (Chapdelaine et al., 1987; Furness, 1987, 1993; Gilbertson et al., 1987; Becker, 1989, 1991; Walsh, 1990; Furness et al., 1995; Monteiro and Furness, 1995; Barrett et al., 1996; Elliott et al., 1996; Becker et al.,…...
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...Thus, seabirds may be more appropriate as monitors of food chain exposure to lipid-soluble pollutants than are, for example, benthic invertebrates (Furness, 1993)....
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...A few groups of animals dominate the contaminant literature, including crustaceans, fish, and birds, particularly raptors, waterfowl, and seabirds (Burger, 1993; Furness, 1993; Hoffman et al., 1996; Beyer et al., 1996)....
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...Seabirds are useful as bioindicators of coastal and marine pollution (Hays and Risebrough, 1972; Gochfeld, 1980; Walsh, 1990; Peakall, 1992; Furness, 1993; Furness and Camphuysen, 1997)....
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