Adverse effects from environmental mercury loads on breeding common loons

2007/10/01 by David C. Evers, Lucas J. Savoy, Lucas Savoy +19 · 6 citations
Environmental Science · Medicine · #Aquatic ecosystem #Bioaccumulation #Bioindicator #Biology #Biomonitoring #Ecology #Ecosystem #Ecotoxicology #Environmental health #Environmental science #Heavy metals in environment #Marine animal studies overview #Medicine #Mercury (programming language) #Mercury impact and mitigation studies #Methylmercury #Population #Sentinel species #Toxicology #Trophic level

paper · doi:10.1007/s10646-007-0168-7

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Citations

• Nineteenth Century Mercury: Hazard to Wading Birds and Cormorants of the Carson River, Nevada
• Effects of mercury exposure on the reproductive success of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)
• Methylmercury exposure associated with reduced productivity in common loons
• Observational Study of Behavior: Sampling Methods
• Prospecting in a solitary breeder: chick production elicits territorial intrusions in common loons

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• The Impact of Mercury Exposure on the Common Loon (Gavia immer) Population in the Adirondack Park, New York, USA
• Drivers of declines in common loon (Gavia immer) productivity in Ontario, Canada
• Documentation of Malaria Parasite (Plasmodium spp.) Infection and Associated Mortality in a Common Loon (Gavia immer)
• Common loon [wikipedia]