Prolonged retention of methyl mercury by mallard drakes
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
By: L.F. Stickel, W. H. Stickel, M. Anne Ross McLane, and M. Bruns
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Abstract
Mallard drakes accumulated mercury rapidly from dietary dosage of methylmercury dicyandiamide and eliminated it slowly, retaining approximately one half at the end of 84 days; no measurable loss occurred between the end of the 7th and 56th days, but loss resumed concurrently with new feather growth, and continued through the 112th day, the close of the study.
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Stickel, L., Stickel, W.H., McLane, M.A., and Bruns, M., 1977, Prolonged retention of methyl mercury by mallard drakes: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 18, no. 4, p. 393-400, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01683707.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Prolonged retention of methyl mercury by mallard drakes |
| Series title | Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology |
| DOI | 10.1007/BF01683707 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication Date | August 28, 2013 |
| Year Published | 1977 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 393 |
| Last page | 400 |