Variability of mercury concentrations among whole bird feathers, feather homogenates, and feather components quantified in California in 2017-2018

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These data are the raw total mercury (THg) concentrations in whole feathers, feather homogenates, and feather components (i.e., rachis, vane, calamus) that are presented in the Journal Article "Mercury concentrations vary within and among individual bird feathers: A critical evaluation and guidelines for feather use in mercury monitoring programs" in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry by Peterson et al.

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55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5ca6764ee4b0c3b0064c2824.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GBDP8C

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  • wildlife-toxicology
  • heavy-metals
  • method-development
  • biota
  • usgs-5ca6764ee4b0c3b0064c2824
  • ecotoxicology
  • feather-variability
  • biomonitoring
  • down-feathers
  • contaminants

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