Avian mercury exposure and toxicological risk across western North America: a synthesis

JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith, MP Herzog… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Methylmercury contamination of the environment is an important issue globally, and birds
are useful bioindicators for mercury monitoring programs. The available data on mercury …

Methylmercury exposure in wildlife: a review of the ecological and physiological processes affecting contaminant concentrations and their interpretation

J Chételat, JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) can result in detrimental health effects in wildlife. With
advances in ecological indicators and analytical techniques for measurement of MeHg in a …

Modulators of mercury risk to wildlife and humans in the context of rapid global change

CA Eagles-Smith, EK Silbergeld, N Basu… - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
Environmental mercury (Hg) contamination is an urgent global health threat. The complexity
of Hg in the environment can hinder accurate determination of ecological and human health …

Unveiling the sources and transfer of mercury in forest bird food chains using techniques of vivo-nest video recording and stable isotopes

K Luo, W Yuan, Z Lu, Z Xiong, CJ Lin… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Knowledge gaps in mercury (Hg) biomagnification in forest birds, especially in the most
species-rich tropical and subtropical forests, limit our understanding of the ecological risks of …

Significant biomagnification of methylmercury in songbird nestlings through a rice-based food web: Insights from stable mercury isotopes

Z Xu, Q Lu, D Jia, S Li, K Luo, T Su, Z Chen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
To elucidate the sources and transfer of mercury (Hg) in terrestrial food chains, particularly in
heavily Hg-contaminated rice paddy ecosystems, we collected rice leaves, invertebrates …

Maternal transfer of contaminants in birds: mercury and selenium concentrations in parents and their eggs

JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith, MP Herzog… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
We conducted a detailed assessment of the maternal transfer of mercury and selenium to
eggs in three bird species (n= 107 parents and n= 339 eggs), and developed predictive …

[HTML][HTML] Mercury exposure and trophic ecology of urban nesting black-legged kittiwakes from France

P Lemesle, W Jouanneau, Y Cherel, N Legroux… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Seabirds are increasingly used as bioindicators for assessing the chemical contamination of
marine ecosystems, including by mercury (Hg) worldwide. However, some geographical …

Mercury concentrations vary within and among individual bird feathers: a critical evaluation and guidelines for feather use in mercury monitoring programs

SH Peterson, JT Ackerman, M Toney… - Environmental …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Feathers are widely used to represent mercury contamination in birds. Yet, few
recommendations exist that provide guidance for using bird feathers in mercury monitoring …

Penguins as bioindicators of mercury contamination in the Southern Ocean: birds from the Kerguelen Islands as a case study

A Carravieri, P Bustamante, C Churlaud… - Science of the total …, 2013 - Elsevier
Seabirds have been used extensively as bioindicators of mercury (Hg) contamination in the
marine environment, although information on flightless species like penguins remains …

The mercury flow through a terrestrial songbird food chain in subtropical pine forest: Elucidated by Bayesian isotope mixing model and stable mercury isotopes

Z Xu, K Luo, Q Lu, L Shang, J Tian, Z Lu, Q Li… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to comprehend the transfer of inorganic mercury (IHg) and methylmercury (MeHg)
within food chains in terrestrial pine forests, we collected samples of Great Tit nestlings …