Tree Swallows Bioaccumulate Mercury at Acadia National Park
Longcore JR and Haines TA. 1998. Tree Swallows Bioaccumulate Mercury at Acadia National Park. Pages 78-79. In On the Frontiers of Conservation: Discovery, reappraisal & innovation, the 10th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands. Asheville, NC. 1998
1-paragraph summary of a paper given at the conference. Describes research to determine if a terrestrial species, tree swallows are being exposed to mercury by feeding in wetlands in Acadia National Park that contain fish with elevated amounts of Mercury. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Seal Cove Pond/Hodgdon Pond/Aunt Betty Pond
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Longcore, Jerry; Haines, Terry
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Aunt Betty Pond, Bioaccumulation, Hodgdon Pond, Mercury (Hg), Mount Desert Island, Seal Cove Pond