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Does heavy metal exposure affect the condition of Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) nestlings?

Anthropogenic pollution results in high concentrations of heavy metals in the environment. Due to their persistence and a high potential for bioaccumulation, metals are a real threat for birds breeding in industrial areas. The aim of the present study has been to explore the contents of heavy metals...

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Autores principales: Turzańska-Pietras, Katarzyna, Chachulska, Justyna, Polechońska, Ludmiła, Borowiec, Marta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5847627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29290059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-1064-1
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author Turzańska-Pietras, Katarzyna
Chachulska, Justyna
Polechońska, Ludmiła
Borowiec, Marta
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Chachulska, Justyna
Polechońska, Ludmiła
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description Anthropogenic pollution results in high concentrations of heavy metals in the environment. Due to their persistence and a high potential for bioaccumulation, metals are a real threat for birds breeding in industrial areas. The aim of the present study has been to explore the contents of heavy metals (arsenic As, cadmium Cd, chromium Cr, copper Cu, iron Fe, nickel Ni, lead Pb and zinc Zn) in the excreta of Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) nestlings living in polluted environment and to investigate the relationship between these contents and the nestlings’ condition. Excrement samples contained all the studied elements. The contents of arsenic, cadmium, copper and zinc in the excreta of nestlings from nests located close to a slag dump were several times higher than in the soil near the dump, which suggested accumulation in food consumed by the birds. Condition parameters (body mass and haemoglobin concentration) were not related to heavy metal concentrations in the nestlings’ excreta, except of Zn. It is possible that Whitethroats are able to detoxicate heavy metals to a certain extent. Detailed, multi-element analysis of the environment, food and bird tissues or excreta should be performed to explore relations between different chemicals and bird condition.
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spelling pubmed-58476272018-03-20 Does heavy metal exposure affect the condition of Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) nestlings? Turzańska-Pietras, Katarzyna Chachulska, Justyna Polechońska, Ludmiła Borowiec, Marta Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Research Article Anthropogenic pollution results in high concentrations of heavy metals in the environment. Due to their persistence and a high potential for bioaccumulation, metals are a real threat for birds breeding in industrial areas. The aim of the present study has been to explore the contents of heavy metals (arsenic As, cadmium Cd, chromium Cr, copper Cu, iron Fe, nickel Ni, lead Pb and zinc Zn) in the excreta of Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) nestlings living in polluted environment and to investigate the relationship between these contents and the nestlings’ condition. Excrement samples contained all the studied elements. The contents of arsenic, cadmium, copper and zinc in the excreta of nestlings from nests located close to a slag dump were several times higher than in the soil near the dump, which suggested accumulation in food consumed by the birds. Condition parameters (body mass and haemoglobin concentration) were not related to heavy metal concentrations in the nestlings’ excreta, except of Zn. It is possible that Whitethroats are able to detoxicate heavy metals to a certain extent. Detailed, multi-element analysis of the environment, food and bird tissues or excreta should be performed to explore relations between different chemicals and bird condition. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017-12-30 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5847627/ /pubmed/29290059 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-1064-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Polechońska, Ludmiła
Borowiec, Marta
Does heavy metal exposure affect the condition of Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) nestlings?
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title_short Does heavy metal exposure affect the condition of Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) nestlings?
title_sort does heavy metal exposure affect the condition of whitethroat (sylvia communis) nestlings?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5847627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29290059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-1064-1
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