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Crosse, J., Shore, R., Jones, K., Pereira, M.G. (2013). Concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in UK sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) livers. Data from the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/1c4f835c-d243-4593-a9b4-71410b9b4bf0
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Concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in UK sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) livers. Data from the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS)
The Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS) is a long-term, national monitoring scheme that quantifies the concentrations of contaminants in the livers and eggs of selected species of predatory and fish-eating birds in Britain.
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- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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1985-01-01 to 2009-12-31
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Archived livers from birds that had died between 1998 and 2009 from central England, directly east and within 250 km of the Welsh border, were selected. Sample selection was restricted to minimise potential confounding temporal and spatial variation. Selection of birds was further stratified such that individuals were representative of one of eight groups characterised by sex (male/female), age (adult/juvenile) and body condition (starved/non-starved birds). Juveniles were defined as birds that hatched in the current or previous calendar year while starved birds were those which, at post-mortem inspection, had a complete lack of fat deposits or at most trace amounts of fat typically around the heart but nowhere else. The numbers of birds in each of the eight groups varied between five and 11 and the total number of birds analysed was 59.
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
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CITE AS: Crosse, J.; Shore, R.; Jones, K.; Pereira, M.G. (2013). Concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in UK sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) livers. Data from the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/1c4f835c-d243-4593-a9b4-71410b9b4bf0
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