Influence of age, sex and breeding status on mercury accumulation patterns in the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans
Although mercury bio-amplifies through the food chain and accumulates in top predators, mercury concentrations in tissues of the wandering albatross are greater than in any other vertebrate, including closely related species. In order to explore the alternative explanations for this pattern, we meas...
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| Formato: | article |
| Idioma: | eng |
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| Texto completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10316/25737 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/25737 |