Open-File Report 2015–1020
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Ackerman, J.T., Herzog, M.P., Hartman, C.A., Isanhart, J., Herring, G., Vaughn, S., Cavitt, J.F., Eagles-Smith, C.A., Browers, H., Cline, C., and Vest, J., 2015, Mercury and selenium contamination in waterbird eggs and risk to avian reproduction at Great Salt Lake, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1020, 164 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151020.
ISSN 2331-1258 (online)
Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
Introduction
Objectives
Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusions and Management Implications
References Cited
Appendix A. Maps showing total mercury concentrations (THg; μg/g fww) in eggs of 33 species of birds breeding in Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2010 ̶ 2012
Appendix B. Hot spot maps showing total mercury concentrations (THg; μg/g fww) in eggs of 11 species of birds breeding in Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2010 ̶ 2012
Appendix C. Maps showing selenium concentrations (Se; μg/g fww) in eggs of 32 species of birds breeding in Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2010 ̶ 2011