Mercury dynamics in young Common Tern (S
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Peter H. Becker; Robert W. Furness; Diana Henning
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Article
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1993
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Springer
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English
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We studied mercury concentrations and amounts in tissues of 19 starved young Common Tern chicks (median age 4 days) and in eggs from the same colony. Concentrations and burden were similar between eggs and newly hatched chicks. Mercury concentrations were highest in down, which contained at least 38