Tissue distribution and correlations of heavy metals in wild birds from Southern Turkey: an ecologically important region on the west Palearctic migration route

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Tissue distribution and correlations of heavy metals in wild birds from Southern Turkey: an ecologically important region on the west Palearctic migration route
المؤلفون: Mustafa Yipel, İbrahim Ozan TEKELİ, Cafer Tayer İŞLER, Muhammed Enes ALTUĞ
المصدر: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30:68889-68899
بيانات النشر: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023.
سنة النشر: 2023
مصطلحات موضوعية: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, General Medicine, Pollution
الوصف: Even if some are essential for biological functions, the accumulation of heavy metals above tolerable physiological limits is potentially toxic to also wild animals. The present study aimed to investigate concentrations of environmentally relevant heavy metals (As, Cd, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Pb, and Zn) in feathers, muscle, heart, kidney, and liver tissues of wild birds (golden eagle [Aquila chrysaetos], sparrowhawk [Accipiter nisus], and white stork [Ciconia ciconia]) from Hatay province, southern Turkey. The metal concentrations of tissues were determined by a validated ICP-OES analysis method after microwave digestion. The concentration differences of metals in species/tissues and the correlations between essential/non-essential metals were determined by statistical analysis. According to the results, Fe (326.87 ± 3.60 mg kg− 1) had the highest, and Hg (0.09 ± 0.00 mg kg− 1) had the lowest mean concentration in all tissues. Compared to the literature; Cu, Hg, Pb, and Zn concentrations were lower; Cd, Fe, and Mn concentrations were higher. The correlations between As and all essentials; Cd and Cu, Fe; Hg and Cu, Fe, Zn; Pb and all essentials were significantly positive. In the conclusion, while essential Cu, Fe, and Zn are below the threshold value and do not pose a risk, Mn is close to the threshold value. Therefore, periodically monitoring the pollutant concentrations in bioindicators is a key necessity for the early determination of biomagnification trends and prevention of potential toxic stress on wildlife ecology.
تدمد: 1614-7499
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::1b103b0e585e34be60aea54268692c04
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-27292-8
حقوق: OPEN
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.doi.dedup.....1b103b0e585e34be60aea54268692c04
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE