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- Title
Trace Metal Concentrations in the Little Penguin ( Eudyptula minor) from Southern Victoria, Australia.
- Authors
Choong, B.; Allinson, G.; Salzman, S.; Overeem, R.
- Abstract
This article discusses the occurrence of trace metals in the muscles and livers of Little Penguins in Southern Australia. Levels of metals were determined for penguins killed by foxes on Philip Island and Middle Island. According to the authors, there were significant differences between sites in penguin muscle for chromium, copper and iron concentrations, and in the livers, chromium, manganese and iron concentrations varied with no consistent pattern. There were also statistically significant differences in the concentrations of manganese and iron in the liver between gender across sites. It appears unlikely that the penguins are suffering harm from their metal burdens.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; PHILLIP Island (Vic.); PENGUINS; EUDYPTULA; TRACE metals; LIVER; MUSCLES; ISLANDS
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 2007, Vol 78, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00128-007-9015-z