Feather mercury concentrations in North American raptors sampled at migration monitoring stations
Dates
Publication Date
2019-04-10
Start Date
2002-09-13
End Date
2015-01-15
Citation
Ackerman, J.T., Bourbour, R.P., and Hull, J.M., 2019, Feather mercury concentrations in North American raptors sampled at migration monitoring stations: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QS39Z5.
Summary
We assessed total mercury concentrations in breast feathers of diurnal North American raptors collected at migration monitoring stations. We sampled raptor feathers from 9 species in the Pacific Flyway and compared species, sex, date, and flyway effects on mercury concentrations. We also explored year effects on 3 species of raptors in the Pacific Flyway during 13-years (2002-2014). Finally, we compared mercury concentrations in merlin among 4 continental flyways. These data support the following publication: Bourbour, R.P., Martinico, B.L., Ackerman, J.T., Herzog, M.P., Hull, A.C., Fish, A.M. and Hull, J.M., 2019. Feather mercury concentrations in North American raptors sampled at migration monitoring stations. Ecotoxicology, 28(4), [...]
Summary
We assessed total mercury concentrations in breast feathers of diurnal North American raptors collected at migration monitoring stations. We sampled raptor feathers from 9 species in the Pacific Flyway and compared species, sex, date, and flyway effects on mercury concentrations. We also explored year effects on 3 species of raptors in the Pacific Flyway during 13-years (2002-2014). Finally, we compared mercury concentrations in merlin among 4 continental flyways.
These data support the following publication:
Bourbour, R.P., Martinico, B.L., Ackerman, J.T., Herzog, M.P., Hull, A.C., Fish, A.M. and Hull, J.M., 2019. Feather mercury concentrations in North American raptors sampled at migration monitoring stations. Ecotoxicology, 28(4), pp.379-391.
Data were obtained to assess feather mercury concentrations in raptors
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