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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. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/72ed6237-aedf-43a7-b9e3-eef95320a2bb
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Chemical contaminants in White-tailed sea eagle eggs - Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS)
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)
Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- WGS 84
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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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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Supplemental information
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
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
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1471-7075
Potter, E.D.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Dos Santos Pereira, G.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Other contacts
- Rights holder
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- biota
environment
farming - INSPIRE theme
- Environmental Monitoring Facilities
- Keywords
- Al , Aldrin , aluminium , arsenic , As , biometric , bird , Brodifacoum , Bromadiolone , cadmium , Cd , Chlorophacinone , Co , cobalt , contaminant , copper , Coumatetralyl , Cu , DDE , DDT , Dieldrin , Difenacoum , Diphacinone , egg , egg shell index , Fe , Flocoumafen , Haliaeetus albicilla , HCH , HEOD , Hepox , Hg , insecticide , iron , lead , Lindane , manganese , mercury , metals , Mn , Mo , molybdenum , Ni , nickel , nickel , organochlorine compound , Pb , PBMS , PCBs , persistence of pesticides , Persistent Organic Pollutants , pesticide , pollutant , polychlorinated biphenyl , POPs , predatory birds , Residue , rodenticides , Se , sea eagle , selenium , Sn , TDE , TEQ , tin (element) , toxic , Toxic Equivalent , toxin , United Kingdom , Warfarin , zinc , Zn
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