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Dietary mercury exposure to endangered California Clapper Rails in San Francisco Bay

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Title
Dietary mercury exposure to endangered California Clapper Rails in San Francisco Bay
Published in
Marine Pollution Bulletin, September 2014
DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.009
Pubmed ID
25066452
Authors

Michael L. Casazza, Mark A. Ricca, Cory T. Overton, John Y. Takekawa, Angela M. Merritt, Joshua T. Ackerman

Abstract

California Clapper Rails (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) are an endangered waterbird that forage in tidal-marsh habitats that pose risks from mercury exposure. We analyzed total mercury (Hg) in six macro-invertebrate and one fish species representing Clapper Rail diets from four tidal-marshes in San Francisco Bay, California. Mercury concentrations among individual taxa ranged from lowest at Colma Creek (mean range: 0.09-0.2μg/gdw) to highest at Cogswell (0.2-0.7), Laumeister (0.2-0.9) and Arrowhead Marshes (0.3-1.9). These spatial patterns for Hg matched patterns reported previously in Clapper Rail blood from the same four marshes. Over 25% of eastern mudsnails (Ilyanassa obsolete) and staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus) exceeded dietary Hg concentrations (ww) often associated with avian reproductive impairment. Our results indicate that Hg concentrations vary considerably among tidal-marshes and diet taxa, and Hg concentrations of prey may provide an appropriate proxy for relative exposure risk for Clapper Rails.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 3%
Unknown 29 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 23%
Student > Master 5 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 13%
Other 2 7%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Other 6 20%
Unknown 4 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 40%
Environmental Science 7 23%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 3%
Unspecified 1 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 7 23%

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#12,800,262
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Outputs from Marine Pollution Bulletin
#3,744
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#159,968
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Outputs of similar age from Marine Pollution Bulletin
#62
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