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Mercury concentration in the eggs of four Canadian Arctic-breeding shorebirds not predicted based on their population statuses

Methylmercury is a toxic form of mercury which persists in food webs for long periods of time and biomagnifies up successive trophic levels. Shorebirds breeding in the Arctic are exposed to methylmercury, derived from both natural and anthropogenic sources, when they ingest their invertebrate prey....

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Autores principales: McCloskey, Meagan, Robinson, Stacey, Smith, Paul A, Forbes, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3825058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24255861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-567