Persistent organic pollutants and mercury in merlin and golden eagle eggs [PBMS]

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• Last updated: 29 June 2024
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Summary

This dataset contains concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and mercury (Hg) in merlin and golden eagle egg contents collected as part of the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS). In addition to residue data, for each record the year and region in which the egg was collected, and the egg shell index are recorded. The 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. Levels of contaminants are monitored to determine variations between species and regions, changes over time and effects on individual birds and their populations. The Scheme is currently funded by CEH, Natural England, the Environment Agency (EA) and the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ad38a087-01a3-4865-b07c-a088ffb65916

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2024-02-27
• Access contraints: © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
• Harvest GUID: ad38a087-01a3-4865-b07c-a088ffb65916
• Extent: Latitude: 60.861° to 49.864°
• Extent: Longitude: -8.648° to 1.768°
• Dataset reference date: 2016-06-07 (publication)
• Dataset reference date: 1963-02-01 (creation)
• Dataset reference date: 2006-12-31 (revision)
• Frequency of update: unknown
• Responsible party: (pointOfContact, author, custodian, publisher, owner); Centralised Analytical Chemistry Facility (processor)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
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