Abstract
Total mercury concentrations in wing muscle of 10 species of waterfowl (Anatidae) collected during
1977 and 1978 in south-eastern Australia ranged from 0.08 � 0.04 (mean � SD) g g-1 wet weight in
Australian shelduck Tadorna tadornoides and Pacific black duck Anas superciliosa, to 0.17 � 0.08 g
g-1 in freckled duck Stictonetta naevosa. No significant differences in concentrations of mercury in
muscle were found between sexes or between juvenile and adult birds. Total mercury concentrations in
feathers were 3.01 � 0.09 g g-1 dry weight in Pacific black duck and 3.27 � 1.11 g g-1 in grey teal
Anas gibberifrons. A significant positive correlation (r= 0.7783; P<0.01) was found between mercury
concentrations in wing muscles and feathers of Pacific black duck.
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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