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Body condition and mercury concentration in apparently healthy goosander (Mergus merganser) wintering in the Odra estuary, Poland

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Goosanders (Mergus merganser, ad, adult n = 42: M, males 33 and F, females 9; im, immature n = 17: M 8, F 9) were collected in 2005 at wintering site in the River Odra estuary (Poland). The body size (BM, body mass; BL, body length; KL, keel length), weights of organs (LM, liver; KM, kidneys; EM, encephalon), and two condition-related indices (BM/BL and BM/KL) were determined. Based on BM/BL and BM/KL indices, the birds were divided into 3 condition groups: A (very good), B (good), and C (moderate). Total mercury (Hg) concentrations (mg kg−1 dry weight) were determined in liver, kidney, brain, breast muscle, and bone of 17 birds (ad, n = 8: 8 M, 1 F; im, n = 9: 6 M, 3 F). The highest Hg concentrations (in n = 17) were recorded in liver and kidney (14.7 and 9.9 mg kg−1, respectively); the concentrations found in muscle and brain were lower (2.3 and 1.3 mg kg−1, respectively), the lowest concentrations being typical of bone (0.08 mg kg−1). Mercury concentrations in the same organs of immature and adult goosanders, as well as males and females, did not differ significantly. On the other hand, distinct differences in Hg concentrations in the organs studied (except for the liver) were observed between individuals assigned to Group A (n = 11) and C (n = 6). Mercury levels were higher in the birds characterised by very good condition, which was most probably related to those birds being more efficient hunters, consuming higher amounts of Hg-containing fish. Significant and negative correlations between the muscle Hg concentration and the two condition-related indices (r > –0.70) were recorded in Group A only: the higher the concentration, the lower the BM/LM and BM/KL values.

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    Elżbieta Kalisińska, Halina Budis & Natalia Łanocha

  2. Department of Environmental Management and Protection, Western Pomeranian University of Technology, Słowackiego St. 17, 71-374, Szczecin, Poland

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  3. Department of Zoology, Western Pomeranian University of Technology, Doktora Judyma St. 20, 71-466, Szczecin, Poland

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Kalisińska, E., Budis, H., Podlasińska, J. et al. Body condition and mercury concentration in apparently healthy goosander (Mergus merganser) wintering in the Odra estuary, Poland. Ecotoxicology 19, 1382–1399 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-010-0524-x

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