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    • Mercury Accumulation in Fall Migrating Raptors through Central North America

    Metadata Updated: November 12, 2020

    The data consist of measured feather concentrations of total mercury (THg) in six species of raptors sampled at Hawk Ridge, Duluth MN between 2009 and 2012. The species sampled were Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus), Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), Long-eared Owl (Asio otus), American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), Merlin (Falco columbarius), and Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius).

    This dataset is associated with the following publication: Keyel, E., M. Etterson, G. Niemi, D. Evers, C. DeSorbo, J. Hoffman, J. Nichols, Y. Li, and F. Nicoletti. Feather mercury increases with feeding at higher trophic levels in two species of migrant raptors, Merlin (Falco columbarius) and Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus). The Condor. The Cooper Ornithological Society, Bend, OR, USA, 122: 1-17, (2020).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.1093/condor/duz069

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from EPA ScienceHub

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Publisher U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://doi.org/10.23719/1504127
    Data Last Modified 2014-07-01
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 020:00
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    Harvest Source Id 04b59eaf-ae53-4066-93db-80f2ed0df446
    Harvest Source Title EPA ScienceHub
    License https://pasteur.epa.gov/license/sciencehub-license.html
    Program Code 020:000
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1093/condor/duz069
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c2b85724626d2ea68dfc0f6c3fa97c2d9e06fc93
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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