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Chlorinated hydrocarbons and total mercury in the prey of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla L.) in the quarken straits of the gulf of bothnia, Finland

Juhani KoivusaariIsmo NuujaRisto PalokangasMarja-liisa Hattula

subject

EagleHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisPopulationchemistry.chemical_elementToxicologyPredationBirdschemistry.chemical_compoundbiology.animalHydrocarbons ChlorinatedAnimalsAldrineducationFinlandMammalseducation.field_of_studybiologyHaliaeetus albicillaFishesfood and beveragesMercuryGeneral MedicinePesticidePollutionMercury (element)FisheryDuckschemistryEnvironmental chemistryLindane

description

Samples of the white-tailed eagle population and its prey were collected from the Quarken straits area of the Gulf of Bothnia, Finland, and were analyzed for DDT, DDD, PCBs, aldrin, lindane, and mercury. Mercury, PCB, and DDE were detected in all animals studied. It was concluded that one of the most important reasons for the poor breeding results of the white-tained eagle (especially hatchability) are the combined effects of the studied pollutants originating for the most part from the fish-eating species in its prey (mergansers and great crested grebes). (JTE)

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1976-02-01Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01685167