A first evaluation on the use of Ardea albus feathers as bioindicators of mercury burden in Amazonian ecosystems Avaliação preliminar do uso de penas de Ardea albus como bioindicadoras de mercúrio em ecossistemas amazônicos

A first evaluation on the use of Ardea albus feathers as bioindicators of mercury burden in Amazonian ecosystems Avaliação preliminar do uso de penas de Ardea albus como bioindicadoras de mercúrio em ecossistemas amazônicos

We evaluated in this study the total mercury concentration in feathers of Ardea albus collected in a colony located in the city of Belem-PA, Brazil in a prospective trial for its use as bioindicators of mercury burden in Amazonia ecosystems. An Atomic absorption spectrophotometry with gold amalgamat...

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Main Authors: Andreza Lourdes Gomes, José Luiz Fernandes Vieira, Maria da Conceição Nascimento Pinheiro, Maria Luiza Videira Marceliano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2009-01-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
Subjects:
Mercúrio
Ardea albus
Aves
Penas
Biomonitoramento
Mercury
Birds
Feathers
Environmental
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