[mercury concentration and its distribution in nycticorax nycticorax and chinese ardeola bacchus fledglings at huangpu district of guangzhou city, china]. | in this study, live fledglings of nycticorax nycticorax and ardeola bacchus at the huangpu district of guangzhou city were collected, and their primary feather, breast feather, tail feather, liver, chest muscle and egg shell were sampled for mercury determination. the results showed that these two heron species had a very similar distribution pattern of mercury concentration in their tissues and organs, i. e., tail feather > breast and primary feather > liver > chest muscle > egg shell. ardeola ... | 2005 | 15852945 |