Reconstructing avian mercury concentrations through time using museum specimens from New York State.

Sarah A Dzielski, N Roxanna Razavi, Cornelia W Twining, Lisa B Cleckner, Vanya G Rohwer

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Article in Ecotoxicology (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

Mercury in Neotropical birds: a synthesis and prospectus on 13 years of exposure data.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2023
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A synthesis of patterns of environmental mercury inputs, exposure and effects in New York State.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2020
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Sarah A DzielskiDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA. sad88@cornell.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5900-0134

N Roxanna RazaviDepartment of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA.

Cornelia W TwiningDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA.

Lisa B ClecknerFinger Lakes Institute, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, 14556, USA.

Vanya G RohwerDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We examined how variation in MeHg concentrations through time is reflected in birds, a taxon commonly used as a biological indicator of ecosystem health. Using museum specimens collected from 1880 to 2016, we measured feather MeHg concentrations in six species of birds that breed in New York State and have distinct dietary and habitat preferences. We predicted that MeHg concentrations in feathers would mirror Hg emission patterns in New York State and increase through time until 1980 then decrease thereafter in response to increased regulation of anthropogenic Hg emissions. We found that MeHg concentrations increased with δ

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Environmental MonitoringAnimalsBirdsDietEcosystemFeathersMercuryMethylmercury CompoundsMuseumsNew YorkWater Pollutants, ChemicalMercuryMethylmercury CompoundsWater Pollutants, ChemicalBioaccumulationBirdEnvironmental contaminantsMethylmercuryRetrospective analysisStable isotopes

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PMID31729602

DOI10.1007/s10646-019-02123-0

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