Mercury in Feathers of Little Egret Egretta garzetta and Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Chicks and in Their Prey in the Axios Delta, Greece
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...In chicks \5 days of age, mercury levels were related not only to items delivered by their parents (Goutner and Furness 1997) but...
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...In chicks \5 days of age, mercury levels were related not only to items delivered by their parents (Goutner and Furness 1997) but also to mercury burdens present in their eggs (transmitted from their female parents [Becker et al. 1993])....
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...Additionally, species such as those previously mentioned have been studied as bioindicators of mercury (Goutner & Furness, 1997; Goutner et al., 2001a) and organochlorines (Albanis et al., 1996)....
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...…(Boncompagni et al. 2003) and Hong Kong (Connell et al. 2002) or several heron species from China (Burger and Gochfeld 1993) and even higher than those reported for little egret and night heron feathers in the Axios Delta, Greece (Goutner and Furness 1997) and northern Italy (Fasola et al. 1998)....
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...Finally, it should be noted that mercury levels found in nestling feathers at Flix are far higher than the ones found for little egret in Pakistan (Boncompagni et al. 2003) and Hong Kong (Connell et al. 2002) or several heron species from China (Burger and Gochfeld 1993) and even higher than those reported for little egret and night heron feathers in the Axios Delta, Greece (Goutner and Furness 1997) and northern Italy (Fasola et al. 1998)....
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...2002) or several heron species from China (Burger and Gochfeld 1993) and even higher than those reported for little egret and night heron feathers in the Axios Delta, Greece (Goutner and Furness 1997) and northern Italy (Fasola et al....
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...…to be much more sensitive to mercury toxicity than are seabirds, and experimental studies resulting in tissue concentrations of mercury similar to those reported here led to reduced chick growth, impaired brain development and lesions in nerve tissues (Heinz 1979; Scheuhammer 1987; Thompson 1996)....
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...Terrestrial and freshwater birds appear to be much more sensitive to mercury toxicity than are seabirds, and experimental studies resulting in tissue concentrations of mercury similar to those reported here led to reduced chick growth, impaired brain development and lesions in nerve tissues (Heinz 1979; Scheuhammer 1987; Thompson 1996)....
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...In waterbirds, the feeding habits have a strong influence on mercury content of feathers (Hoffman and Curnow 1979; Doi et al.1984; Braune 1987; Furness 1993), so these differences can be attributed to the fact that the two species have different diets, use different foraging habitats, and will switch diet according to prey availability....
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...Although it is expected that mercury content in chick feathers may vary a little with age (Furness 1993), absence of this relationship in 1994 might be attributable to the type of sample containing ages of limited spectrum in comparison to the sample of 1993....
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...found in previous studies of bird feathers (Burger 1993; Furness 1993)....
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...Measurements made were of total mercury, though we assume that this was all methylmercury as found in previous studies of bird feathers (Burger 1993; Furness 1993)....
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...In waterbirds, the feeding habits have a strong influence on mercury content of feathers (Hoff- man and Curnow 1979; Doiet al.1984; Braune 1987; Furness 1993), so these differences can be attributed to the fact that the two species have different diets, use different foraging habitats, and will…...
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