Mercury levels in avian feathers from different trophic levels of eight families collected from the northern region of Iran

Mercury levels in avian feathers from different trophic levels of eight families collected from the northern region of Iran

Mercury levels were determined in feathers from 83 birds belonging to 18 species (eight families), all collected from the northern region of Iran. Mercury levels were evaluated in relation to taxonomic affiliation and feeding strategies. Mercury levels in the feathers were between 0.05 ± 0.01 and 1....

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental monitoring and assessment 2015-05, Vol.187 (5), p.275-275, Article 275
Hauptverfasser: Mashroofeh, Abdulreza, Bakhtiari, Alireza Riyahi, Ghobeishavi, Ahmad, Ahmadpour, Mohsen, Asadi, Asad, Ahmadpour, Mousa, Hosseini, Sayyed Hamid, Eskandari, Tahereh, Burger, Joanna
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Sprache:eng
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Accipitridae
Animal feathers
Animals
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Birds
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental Monitoring
Feathers
Feathers - chemistry
Food
Food Chain
Handbooks
Herbivores
Iran
Laboratories
Mercury
Mercury - analysis
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Museums
Natural resources
Taxonomy
Trophic levels
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Zusammenfassung:Mercury levels were determined in feathers from 83 birds belonging to 18 species (eight families), all collected from the northern region of Iran. Mercury levels were evaluated in relation to taxonomic affiliation and feeding strategies. Mercury levels in the feathers were between 0.05 ± 0.01 and 1.10 ± 0.15 μg g −1 dry weight, and there was a significant effect of taxonomic groups ( p   Pelecanidae > Sternidae > Ardeidae > Anatidae > Rallidae > Phasianidae ( p  
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/s10661-015-4482-x