Table 1. Hepatic Pb levels (mg/kg, wet weight, range) and the assesments of Pb exposure in birds from Hokkaido.
Species | Sample size | Pb concentration in liver | Assessments | ||
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mg/kg, wet wt, median, (range) |
Pb poisoning (>2.0 mg.kg) |
High Pb exposure (0.2–2.0 mg/kg) |
Non toxic (<0.2 mg/kg) |
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White-tailed sea eagle | 51 | 0.068 (0.003–50.79) | 3 | 2 | 46 |
Steller’s sea eagle | 34 | 0.082 (0.003–72.01) | 9 | 3 | 22 |
Blakiston’s fish-owl | 7 | 0.036 (0.001–0.070) | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Mountain hawk-eagle | 3 | 0.095 (0.023–0.120) | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Northern goshawk | 3 | 0.025 (0.007–0.136) | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Eurasian Hobby | 2 | (0.092, 0.278) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jungle crow | 2 | (0.063, 0.107) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Peregrine falcon | 1 | 0.093 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sparrow hawk | 1 | 0.065 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ural owl | 1 | 0.137 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Whooper swan | 1 | 19.56 | 1 | 0 | 0 |