Bank voles as monitors of environmental contamination by heavy metals. A remote wilderness area in Poland imperilled

Sawicka-Kapusta, K.; Świergosz, R.; Zakrzewska, Marta

doi:10.1016/0269-7491(90)90069-o

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“…The concentrations in the kidneys of shrews from BF were between those from LGCR and OOR. Data obtained for lichens from the Białowieża Forest indicate that the source of contamination is not air pollution but contaminated soil and ground water (Sawicka‐Kapusta et al, 1990). In our study there were no effects of site on metal accumulation in any of the studied regions, meaning no observed effects of single emission sources.…”

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Metals Distribution and Interactions in Tissues of Shrews (Sorexspp.) from Copper‐ and Zinc‐Contaminated Areas in Poland

2005

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To assess the risk from heavy metal accumulation to insectivorous species exposed to different pollutants, shrews [Sorex araneus (Linnaeus 1758) and Sorex minutus (Linnaeus 1766)] were collected in the Olkuski Ore Region (OOR; a Zn and Cd smelter area), Legnicko-Głogowski Copper Mine Region (LGCR; a copper ore-mining area), and Białowieza Forest (BF; a control area). A few sites were chosen in each region and a total of 57 animals were collected from them. The liver and kidneys were dissected from the animals, dried, and digested in a 4:1 mixture of HNO3 (nitric acid) and HClO4 (perchloric acid). Cadmium, lead, zinc, copper, and iron were determined in the samples by flame or flameless atomic absorption spectrometry. The interactions between toxic and essential metals were calculated for each tissue. The data showed that accumulation of metals by insectivores is high; shrews accumulated much higher amounts of cadmium and lead than bank voles, studied by other researchers, from the same areas. The expected high tissue accumulation of copper at LGCR and zinc at OOR was not seen, but the levels of both elements were higher in the tissues of shrews from OOR than from LGCR. The lowest copper concentrations were in the tissues of shrews from BF. The highest cadmium and lead concentrations were found in the tissues of shrews from OOR. Some significant correlations were found between the tissue concentrations of xenobiotic and essential metals (e.g., between cadmium and zinc and between lead and iron).

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Metals Distribution and Interactions in Tissues of Shrews (Sorexspp.) from Copper‐ and Zinc‐Contaminated Areas in Poland

2005

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“…In such cases, the speciation and related bioavailability there is a paucity of metal accumulation data for C. glareolus, of metal ions may influence their absorption from the alimennotable exceptions being the bank vole populations resident tary tract, thus changing the accumulation and biological in contaminated Polish forests. [23][24][25] This is in contrast to other effects of the metal.11 Furthermore, environmental exposure common species of small mammals (e.g. Apodemus sylvaticus, to heavy metal contamination generally involves exposure to Microtus agrestis and Sorex araneus).…”

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Biomonitoring of contaminated mine tailings through age accumulation of trace metals in the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)

Milton

Johnson²

1999

J. Environ. Monitor.

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Lead, zinc and cadmium were determined in a range of tissues from laboratory-bred bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) exposed to elevated levels of dietary zinc (124 micrograms g-1). The pelletised diet was derived from vegetation harvested from the surface of a revegetated tailings dam at a modern Zn-Pb mine. Exposure regimes to the contaminated diet were 16, 32, 64, 128 or 256 days. Elevated levels of dietary zinc were not reflected in the individual tissue or total body concentrations. Marginal age accumulation of lead and cadmium was evident in the liver (Pb) and kidney (Pb and Cd). Tissue residues did not attain toxicologically significant concentrations. Animals inhabiting the grassland are considered to be at low ecotoxicological risk with respect to trace metals.

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“…Thus, significant decrease in the number of consumed voles may have affected negatively reproductive performance of the studied population. Microtus vole is considered as a high‐energy prey (energy density of one individual is estimated at 52.8 kJ (Masman et al., 1986)) and important source of calcium and other elements (Fritsch et al., 2010; Jankovska et al., 2009; Sawicka‐Kapusta et al., 1990). It has been found in Spanish population of the Montagu's Harrier that the proportion of mammalian prey, that is, rabbits in the prelaying diet was significantly related to breeding performance, with higher nest success and productivity in years when diet was dominated by hares (Arroyo & Garcia, 2006).…”

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Changes in the Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus diet in Eastern Poland across decades promote insects and reptilians, but not birds and rodents

Kitowski

Jakubas

Mirski

et al. 2021

Ecology and Evolution

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Bank voles as monitors of environmental contamination by heavy metals. A remote wilderness area in Poland imperilled

Cited by 23 publications

References 11 publications

Metals Distribution and Interactions in Tissues of Shrews (Sorexspp.) from Copper‐ and Zinc‐Contaminated Areas in Poland

Metals Distribution and Interactions in Tissues of Shrews (Sorexspp.) from Copper‐ and Zinc‐Contaminated Areas in Poland

Biomonitoring of contaminated mine tailings through age accumulation of trace metals in the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)

Changes in the Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus diet in Eastern Poland across decades promote insects and reptilians, but not birds and rodents

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