Eider Common, Somateria mollissima

Cattle egret, Bubulucus ibis, 514 Great egret, Casmerodius albus, 478 Snowy egret, Egretta thula, 482 Eider, common, Somateria mollissima, 514,... 

Naf, C., D. Brown, and B. Brunstrom. 1992. Distribution and metabolism of polycycbc aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) injected into eggs of chicken (Gallus domesticus) and common eider duck (Somateria mollissima). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 11 1653-1660. 

Silver concentrations in muscle of Antarctic birds were low (0.01 mg/kg DW) when compared to livers (0.02 to 0.46 mg/kg DW) or feces (0.18 mg/kg DW Szefer et al. 1993). Silver concentrations in avian tissues, especially in livers, were elevated in the vicinity of metals-contaminated areas and in diving ducks from the San Francisco Bay (Table 7.5). Birds with elevated concentrations of silver in tissues — as much as 44 mg/kg DW in liver in the common eider (Somateria mollissima) — seemed outwardly unaffected (Bryan and Langston 1992). 

Common eider, Somateria mollissima Norway metals-contaminated area ... 

Common eider, Somateria mollissima Muscle, liver, kidney, and egg Roseate tern. Sterna dougallir, Long Island, New York 1992 egg shell vs. egg contents Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, Hackensack River Basin, New Jersey contaminated area Sediments Eggs Embryos Shell... 

Common eider, Somateria mollissima-, Norway Egg, liver Muscle, kidney... 

Although the transport of PAHs from particulate matter in the aquatic phase through blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) to the common eider (Somateria mollissima) has been demonstrated in the Baltic Sea, there was a successive change in the relative concentrations of the various individual hydrocarbons (Broman et al. 1990). This may be attributed to increasing metabolic activity at the higher trophic... 

Common eider Somateria mollissima King penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus... 

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