ABSTRACT
This chapter synthesizes available literature on the lethality of inorganic and organic mercury compounds to freshwater and marine biota; the effect of route of administration of various mercurials on the survival of representative species of waterfowl, passerines, raptors, and other avian groups; and the lethality of organomercury compounds to humans, small laboratory mammals, livestock, domestic cats and dogs, and various species of wildlife.
