Methylmercury contamination of the environment is an important issue globally, and birds
are useful bioindicators for mercury monitoring programs. The available data on mercury …

Ecosystem services are natural processes that benefit humans. Birds contribute the four
types of services recognized by the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment—provisioning …

Each year ecotoxicological problems become increasingly complex and encompass
broader spatial and temporal scales. Our practical understanding must evolve accordingly to …

Wildlife may be exposed to mercury (Hg) and methylmercury (MeHg) from a variety of
environmental sources, including mine tailings, industrial effluent, agricultural drainwater …

Many studies have shown that seabirds are sensitive to changes in food supply, and
therefore have potential as monitors of fish stocks. For most seabird species breeding …

Marine birds are useful as bioindicators of environmental pollution in estuarine and marine
environments because they are often at the top of the food chain, ubiquitous, and many are …

In this paper, we review the current understanding on ecosystem and human health impacts
from the atmospheric deposition of acidifying pollutants, eutrophying nitrogen (N), polycyclic …

The interaction of anthropogenic litter (by incorporation litter in nests, ingestion, and
entanglement) with birds was systematically reviewed using Google Scholar database. A …

Seabirds are excellent subjects for examination of heavy metals because they are long-
lived, feed at different distances from land, and exhibit different trophic levels. In this paper …

A large data set of over 4,700 records of avian mercury (Hg) levels in northeastern North
America was compiled and evaluated. As Hg emissions remain poorly regulated in the …