Chemical contaminants in White-tailed sea eagle eggs - Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS)

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https://doi.org/10.5285/72ed6237-aedf-43a7-b9e3-eef95320a2bb

Data from analyses of addled and deserted sea eagle eggs collected by licensed collectors in Scotland. Contaminants reported include polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides or their persistent metabolites, and a range of metals and metaloids. The white-tailed sea eagle has been re-introduced to a number of Scottish Islands since the 1980s. 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.

Publication date: 2013-06-18

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Comma-separated values (CSV)

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Study area

Spatial representation type

Tabular (text)

Spatial reference system

WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent

1986-01-01 to 2008-12-01

Provenance & quality

Addled and deserted sea eagle eggs are collected by licensed collectors in Scotland. Eggs are cracked, the contents homogenised and samples are 1) sent for analysis by the Centralised Analytical Chemistry facility at CEH Lancaster and 2) retained for archive purposes at -20 degrees C. Samples were analysed for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides or their persistent metabolites, and a range of metals and metaloids. Data are entered by technician onto a MSAccess form which uploads directly to an Oracle database. Batch files containing concentrations of pesticides in tissues load directly to Oracle database.

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This dataset is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

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Walker, L.; Shore, R.F.; Chaplow, J.S.; Potter, E.D.; Dos Santos Pereira, G. (2013). Chemical contaminants in White-tailed sea eagle eggs - Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/72ed6237-aedf-43a7-b9e3-eef95320a2bb

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The Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS)

Supplemental information

Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme website

PBMS website reports

Walker, L.A., Shore, R.F., Turk, A., Pereira, M.G., & Best, J. (2008). The Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS) - identifying chemical risks to top predators in Britain. 37(6):452-456. 2008

https://doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447(2008)37[455:PITEOE]2.0.CO;2

Correspondence/contact details

Lee Walker

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk