Figure 1.
Average blood mercury values for each dietary dose of adult-exposed and lifetime-exposed zebra finches.
Adult-exposed averages are represented by filled circles and solid lines; lifetime-exposed averages are represented by hollow circles and dashed lines. Values are means and bars are one S.E.
Figure 2.
Effects of dietary mercury on zebra finch reproduction.
All points are model averages from the generalized linear mixed models. Bars are one S.E. A) The average total number of independent offspring produced per pair in one year of reproduction. B) The average clutch size. C) The proportion of eggs laid that hatched. D) The proportion of hatched chicks that survived to leave the nest. E) The number of days between removal of the first clutch of eggs and laying of the second clutch. F) The probability that both members of the pair survived for one year.
Table 1.
Results of Generalized Linear Mixed Models.
Figure 3.
Differences in the effects of mercury on reproduction between adult-exposed and lifetime-exposed zebra finches.
Adult-exposed averages are represented by filled circles and solid lines; lifetime-exposed averages are represented by hollow circles and dashed lines. All points are model averages from the generalized linear mixed models. Bars are one S.E. A) The average total number of independent offspring produced per pair in one year of reproduction. B) The average clutch size. C) The proportion of eggs laid that hatched. D) The proportion of hatched chicks that survived to leave the nest. E) The number of days between removal of the first clutch of eggs and laying of the second clutch. F) The probability that both members of the pair survived for one year.