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Sampling and contaminant monitoring protocol for raptors
In May 2013 representatives from six countries gathered in Murcia, Spain, to attend the Workshop on “Setting best practices on raptor contaminant monitoring activities in Europe” funded by EURAPMON. The workshop developed a rough draft of the current protocol. The protocol was subsequently completed with the involvement of investigators from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. All contributors are experts in monitoring contaminants in raptors.
The aim of this sampling protocol is to provide guidance on types of best practice that will facilitate harmonisation of procedures between existing and emerging schemes and so maximise the reliability, comparability and interoperability of data.The methods here do not require use of anaesthesia on birds. This protocol covers the sampling of blood and feathers from live birds, addled and deserted eggs, internal organs and tissues from dead specimens, and other samples such as faeces, preen oil and pellets.</p
Contrasting congener profiles for persistent organic pollutants and PAH monitoring in European storm petrels (Hydrobates pelagicus) breeding in Ireland: a preen oil versus feathers approach
Presence of persistent organic pollutants in a breeding common tern (Sterna hirundo) population in Ireland
Organochlorine Pesticides in the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) in Chiapas, Mexico
Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale?
Measurement of metal concentrations in feathers of bird-vehicle collisions, Sabzevar, Iran
Prospects and pitfalls of using feathers as a temporal archive of stress events and environmental pollutants: a review and case study
Characterisation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in a terrestrial ecosystem near a fluorochemical plant in Flanders, Belgium
Progress on bringing together raptor collections in Europe for contaminant research and monitoring in relation to chemicals regulation.
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