Exposure to mercury and Aroclor 1268 congeners in least terns (Sternula antillarum) in coastal Georgia, USA

Author:

Robinson Gabrielle L.12345,Mills Gary L.674,Lindell Angela H.674,Schweitzer Sara H.894,Hernandez Sonia M.123410

Affiliation:

1. Warnell School of Natural Resources

2. University of Georgia

3. Athens

4. USA

5. Cape Cod National Seashore

6. University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

7. Aiken

8. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

9. New Bern

10. Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study

Abstract

We demonstrate the previously undocumented transport of a rare PCB mixture (Aroclor 1268) from a Superfund site in Georgia, and compare mercury loads among sample types, using least tern samples.

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Environmental Chemistry,General Medicine

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