Abstract
Mercury concentrations were determined in muscles and feathers of 58 cock pheasants. Birds were collected from seven different polluted sites in southern Poland in 1987. The mercury concentrations in the muscle ranged from 0.010 to 0.026 mug g dry mass. The significantly highest values were found in muscle samples from Przylasek and Przemysl. The levels found in the flight feathers were higher than in breast feathers. Average concentrations in flight feathers ranged from 0.050 mug g (Przemysl) to 0.240 mug g dry mass (Przylasek). © Rapid Science 1998
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