Preliminary Evaluation of the Use of Homing Pigeons as Biomonitors of Mercury in Urban Areas of the USA and China

被引：10

作者：

Cizdziel, James V. ^{[1
]}

Dempsey, Sara ^{[1
]}

Halbrook, Richard S. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Mississippi, Dept Chem & Biochem, University, MS 38677 USA

[2] So Illinois Univ, Cooperat Wildlife Res Lab, Carbondale, IL 62901 USA

来源：

BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY | 2013年 / 90卷 / 03期

关键词：

Mercury; Homing pigeons; Urban air pollution; Atomic absorption spectrometry; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY;

D O I：

10.1007/s00128-012-0918-y

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Mercury was determined in the tissues (feather, lung, liver, and kidney) of homing pigeons (Columbia livia domestica) from both the USA (Glendora, California and Midland, Texas) and China (Beijing and Chengdu). Among these cities, mercury concentrations were greatest in samples from Beijing, which is known to have relatively high levels of airborne mercury. Among the tissues, levels were highest in the feather, followed by kidney, liver, and lung. There was no significant trend for mercury with pigeon age, weight, or sex, except for mercury with bird weight in the lung of the Beijing samples. Overall, the data adds to the growing body of evidence that the homing pigeon can serve as a useful biomonitor in urban areas.

引用

页码：302 / 307

页数：6

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