Ventral feathers contained the highest mercury level in brown bobby (Sula leucogaster), a pantropical seabird species.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134305
Abstract: Seabirds are extensively used as environmental biomonitors and feathers are among the most analyzed matrices because they are one of the main excretory pathways to detoxify the bird's body of environmental contaminants. Still, there is… read more here.
Keywords: sula leucogaster; mercury; level; adults juveniles ... See more keywords