We assessed total mercury concentrations in breast feathers of diurnal North American raptors collected at migration monitoring stations. We sampled raptor feathers from 9 species in the Pacific Flyway and compared species, sex, date, and flyway effects on mercury concentrations. We also explored year effects on 3 species of raptors in the Pacific Flyway during 13-years (2002-2014). Finally, we compared mercury concentrations in merlin among 4 continental flyways.
These data support the following publication: Bourbour, R.P., Martinico, B.L., Ackerman, J.T. et al. Ecotoxicology (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-019-02016-2
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Title | Feather mercury concentrations in North American raptors sampled at migration monitoring stations |
| DOI | 10.5066/P9QS39Z5 |
| Authors | Josh T Ackerman, Ryan P Bourbour, Joshua M Hull |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog |
| USGS Organization | Western Ecological Research Center |