Biomonitoring with the BuzzardButeo buteo in the Netherlands: Heavy metals and sources of variation

Jager, L. P.; Rijnierse, Frank V. J.; Esselink, H.; Baars, A.J.

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“…As a result, maps with aerial deposition patterns and concentrations in soil and water are beginning to appear (Verbruggen, 1997). However, the meaning of these environmental concentrations in terms of ecotoxicology, the bioavailability of contaminants, is still not known (Jager et al, 1996). To the best of our knowledge, biomonitoring schemes that use indicator species to estimate heavy metal levels in birds or other animals have not been developed in the Flanders.…”

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Great and Blue Tits as Indicators of Heavy Metal Contamination in Terrestrial Ecosystems

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“…Most studies have been carried out on birds of prey (Denneman and Douben, 1993;Esselink et al, 1995;Jager et al, 1996) and on seabird species (Kim et al, 1996), some of which have been shown to accumulate high concentrations of heavy metals in their tissues and feathers (Kim et al, 1996).…”

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Great and Blue Tits as Indicators of Heavy Metal Contamination in Terrestrial Ecosystems

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“…This is in contrast to what has been observed in some species where body mass or nutritional condition was shown to decrease following ingestion of lead (Mautino and Bell, 1986;Hohman et al, 1990;Franson et al, 1995). This phenomenon is further substantiated by necropsy studies of raptors where nutritional condition has been related to lead concentrations in bones or soft tissues (Jager et al, 1996;Pain et al, 1994). Unfortunately, data from such necropsies are often limited to birds that succumbed to lead toxicosis or to starvation that may have been exacerbated by lead exposure, and thus, may be biased towards the most heavily contaminated birds.…”

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Hemograms for and Nutritional Condition of Migrant Bald Eagles Tested for Exposure to Lead

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2001

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Plasma proteins, hematocrit, differential blood counts were examined and nutritional condition was estimated for bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) trapped (n ϭ 66) during autumn migration, 1994-95 at Galloway Bay (Saskatchewan, Canada), for the purposes of estimating prevalence of exposure to lead. Sex and age differences in hematocrit and plasma proteins were not observed; however, female eagles exhibited larger median absolute heterophil counts than males. Hematologic values were similar to those previously reported from eagles in captivity. Departures from expected hematological values from a healthy population of eagles were not observed in birds with elevated levels of blood lead (Ն0.200 g/ml). Similarly, nutritional condition was not related to blood-lead concentrations. Therefore, it appears that lead exposure in this population was below a threshold required to indicate toxicological alteration in the hematological values and index of nutritional condition that we measured.

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“…A utilização da bioindicação como forma de monitoramento permite avaliar de maneira integrada os efeitos ecológicos causados por diversas fontes de poluição, gerando dados mensuráveis do local impactado e suas mediações, quantificando os impactos em diversos níveis tróficos (JAGER et al, 1996;KAPUSTA, 2008).…”

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Musgos Como Bioindicadores De Metais Pesados No Ambiente

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RESUMORecentemente, inúmeras pesquisas envolvendo degradação ambiental oriunda das poluições atmosférica, terrestre e aquática, tem como foco o uso de animais ou vegetais, que apresentem respostas no sentido de controlar e indicar o nível de deterioração nos ambientes afetados por ações antrópicas. Dentre os organismos indicadores denominados biomonitores, estão os musgos do Filo Bryophyta responsáveis por respostas significativas frente aos impactos gerados pelo descarte indevido de substâncias, que contêm em sua composição metais pesados. Os metais pesados são considerados um dos principais poluentes que afetam os recursos naturais. Geralmente, os mesmos são oriundos de técnicas agrícolas ou mecanismos urbanos que produzem resíduos. Nesta linha, o presente estudo de revisão visa relacionar, principalmente, os efeitos da poluição dos recursos naturais a partir do uso de musgos como bioindicadores de traços metálicos no ambiente.Palavras-chave: Poluição; Monitoramento; Musgos; Resíduos. ABSTRACTRecently, several researches involving environmental degradation originating from atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic pollution, focus on animals or plants uses, which present responses in order to control and indicate environmental deterioration levels affected by anthropogenic actions. Among environmental indicator organisms called biomonitors, we have mosses of Bryophyta phyllo responsible for significant responses to impacts generated by undue disposal of substances, which contain heavy metals in their composition. Heavy metals are considered one of the main pollutants that affect natural resources. Generally, they are derived from agricultural techniques or urban waste-producing mechanisms. In this line, the present short review aims to relate, mainly effects of pollution of natural resources from the use of mosses as bioindicators of metallic traces in environment.Keywords: Pollution; Monitoring; Mosses; Residue IntroduçãoAtualmente inúmeras são as pesquisas cujo tema está relacionado aos impactos ambientais causados pela ação humana. Dentre as ações mais relevantes, destacam-se o desmatamento e o despejo de resíduos, resultantes das atividades urbanas e industriais providas de amplas práticas antrópicas que ocasionam aumento significativo no nível de degradação ambiental causada pela liberação de metais pesados no ambiente (SORVARI et al., 2007), o que afeta nocivamente o desenvolvimento e sobrevivência da fauna (TORO et al., 2010) e flora.Tal fator resulta na queda acentuada da biodiversidade das espécies, em função desta desestruturação do ambiente físico, químico além de alterações na dinâmica e estrutura das comunidades biológicas (CALLISTO et al., 2001).

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Biomonitoring with the BuzzardButeo buteo in the Netherlands: Heavy metals and sources of variation

Cited by 61 publications

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Great and Blue Tits as Indicators of Heavy Metal Contamination in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Great and Blue Tits as Indicators of Heavy Metal Contamination in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Hemograms for and Nutritional Condition of Migrant Bald Eagles Tested for Exposure to Lead

Musgos Como Bioindicadores De Metais Pesados No Ambiente

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