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Metal contents in liver tissues of non-fledged Goldeneye,Bucephala clangula, ducklings: A comparison between samples from acidic, circumneutral, and limed lakes in South Sweden

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The risk of increased exposure to metals for a vertebrate predator foraging on aquatic insects in acidified lakes was investigated through analyses of the content of Al, As, Ca, Cd, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Pb, Ru, Se, and Zn in the liver tissue of 42 non-fledged Goldeneye,Bucephala clangula, ducklings from acidic, circumneutral, and limed lakes in South Sweden. No indications of significantly different concentrations in samples from acidic lakes in comparison with circumneutral lakes were detected for any metal, but among individual birds from acidic lakes there were high contents of Hg. Liming probably affects the exposure to some metals; lower contents of Hg were recorded from limed lakes in comparison with acidic lakes, while the reverse trend was recorded for Cd and Mn.

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  1. Lennart Henrikson

    Present address: Environment and Health Administration Board, Mark District, S-511 01, Kinna, Sweden

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Göteborg, P.O. Box 25059, S-400 31, Göteborg, Sweden

    Mats O. G. Eriksson, Lennart Henrikson & Hans G. Oscarson

  2. Nature Conservation Division, County Administration Board of Göteborgs och Bohus Iän, S-403 40, Göteborg, Sweden

    Hans G. Oscarson

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Eriksson, M.O.G., Henrikson, L. & Oscarson, H.G. Metal contents in liver tissues of non-fledged Goldeneye,Bucephala clangula, ducklings: A comparison between samples from acidic, circumneutral, and limed lakes in South Sweden. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 18, 255–260 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01056211

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