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HERO ID

1381939

Reference Type

Journal Article

Title

Accumulation of heavy metals by birds in southwestern Russia

Author(s)

Lebedeva, NV

Year

1997

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Journal

Ekologiya
ISSN: 0367-0597

Report Number

BIOSIS/97/18466

Volume

MOSCOW

Issue

MOSCOW

Page Numbers

45-50

Language

rus

Abstract

BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. The accumulation of Cr, Pb, Ni, As, Cu, and Mn was studied in the food, droppings and bones of 24 species of birds from the southwestern Russia, Rostov Oblast, and Kalmykia. Differences were found in lead accumulation in the bones of terrestrial and aquatic birds as well as arsenic accumulation in the bones of birds from various trophic groups. Inverse linear correlation was observed between lead concentration in the bones and body weight. The heavy metal concentration was studied in the food (earthworms) and droppings of rooks from urban and suburban populations. Heavy metal contamination of the food and droppings of rooks from urban populations was found to be higher.

Keywords

Biochemical Studies-General; Physiology; Nutrition-General Studies; Digestive System-General; Integumentary System-General; Toxicology-Environmental and Industrial Toxicology; Public Health: Environmental Health-Air; Aves-Unspecified; Passeriformes