Mercury, selenium, arsenic and zinc in waders from the Dutch Wadden Sea

Cadmium levels in oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus from the German Wadden Sea

“…The internal distribution patterns found in this study agree with those found in other studies (Hutton & Goodman 1980, Hutton 1981, Evans et al 1987. Oystercatchers in this study showed a 2-fold elevated cadmium concentration in liver tissues and a nearly 3-fold elevation in kidney tissues in comparison with other wading species taken as healthy birds from different localities in the Wadden Sea (Ward 1978, Evans & Moon 1981, Goede & de Bruin 1984, Goede 1985, Goede & de Voogt 1985, Blomqvist et al 1987, Evans et al 1987. To what degree this elevation is due to a tissue wastage remalns unclear.…”

“…Further results are available from other wading species, e.g. dunlin Calidris alpina, knot Calidns canutus, curlew Nurnenius arquata, curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea, redshank Tringa totanus and bartailed godwit Limosa lapponica (Ward 1978, Evans & Moon 1981, Goede & de Bruin 1984, Goede 1985, Goede & de Voogt 1985, Blomqvist et al 1987. Because of this lack of information we used a n excep-tional opportunity to measure cadmium levels in liver and kidney tissues as well as in tail-feathers of oystercatchers.…”

Reconnaissance investigation of water quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in the Owyhee and Vale Projects, Oregon and Idaho, 1990-91

“…Arsenic was detected in only two (20 percent) of the bird livers sampled in American coots from adjacent sites (1.05 M£/g) and from Snake River (1.32 jxg/g) [table 6]. Those arsenic concentrations are below concentrations in birds considered to be elevated (2tolOjig/g) [Goede, 1985]. .30…”

Seabirds as monitor organisms of contaminants along the German North Sea coast

“…The contamination of coastal birds along the North Sea coasts, however, seems to have been little studied concerning spatial or temporal trends (e.g. NERC, 1983;Goede, 1985;Moksnes & Norheim, 1986;Becket et al, 1985aBecket et al, , b, 1988, and this in spite of the fact that…”