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However, interpreting contaminant temporal trends in predators can be confounded by temporal changes in their diets, which, in turn, could affect organism trophic position and exposure to biomagnifying contaminants. To address this issue, bulk stable nitrogen isotope analysis, that is, analysis of whole tissue, is widely incorporated into contaminant-monitoring programs for the estimation of organism trophic position. In the present study, we investigated lake-specific temporal trends in Hg levels in herring gull (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) eggs from Lakes Huron and Erie, 2 Laurentian Great Lakes. Levels of Hg in Lake Huron eggs declined, whereas Lake Erie eggs showed no change. Stable nitrogen isotope analysis of bulk material could not explain these interlake differences in Hg temporal trends. 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