Heavy metal and arsenic content in seabirds affected by the Prestige oil spill on the Galician coast (NW Spain)

Pérez-López, Marcos; Estévez-Cid, Francisco; Oropesa, Ana Lourdes; Fidalgo, Luis Eusebio; Beceiro, Ana López; Soler, Francisco

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.04.006

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“…The 72.97 % of the observed correlations between pairs of elements were positive ( Table 5). The predominance of this kind of correlations among the studied elements may suggest common uptake and storage pathways or similar regulation and detoxification processes in penguins as occur in other seabirds (Mendes et al 2008;Nam et al 2005;Perez-Lopez et al 2006;Ribeiro et al 2009).…”

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Distribution of metals and trace elements in adult and juvenile penguins from the Antarctic Peninsula area

Jerez

Motas

Benzal

et al. 2012

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The presence of metals in the Antarctic environment is principally a natural phenomenon caused by geochemical characteristics of the region, although some anthropogenic activities can increase these natural levels. Antarctic penguins present several of the characteristics of useful sentinels of pollution in Antarctica such as they are long-lived species situated at the top of food web. The concentrations of Al, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Cd, and Pb were determined by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry in samples of liver, kidney, muscle, bone, feather, and stomach contents of gentoo, chinstrap, and Adélie penguin (12 adults, five juveniles) from carcasses of naturally dead individuals collected opportunistically in the Antarctic Peninsula area. The obtained results showed that accumulation and magnification of several elements can be occurring, so that Cd and Se reached levels potentially toxic in some specimens. The presence of human activities seems to be increasing the presence of toxic metals such as Mn, Cr, Ni, or Pb in penguins.

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Distribution of metals and trace elements in adult and juvenile penguins from the Antarctic Peninsula area

Jerez

Motas

Benzal

et al. 2012

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…In Brazil, Mirlean et al (2005) found that the slope of the relationship between Hg content and the size of the fish in an industrial area with petroleum refineries was greater than for fish from a protected area. Other studies have demonstrated negative impacts of petroleum extraction and spills on fish and ecosystem health (Baldisserotto et al 2012;Perez-Lopez et al 2006).…”

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Mercury Contamination in an Indicator Fish Species from Andean Amazonian Rivers Affected by Petroleum Extraction

Webb

Coomes

Mainville³

et al. 2015

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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Elevated mercury (Hg) concentrations in fish from Amazonia have been associated with gold-mining, hydroelectric dams and deforestation but few studies consider the role of petroleum extraction. Hg levels were determined in fish samples collected in three river basins in Ecuador and Peru with contrasting petroleum exploitation and land-use characteristics. The non-migratory, piscivorous species, Hoplias malabaricus, was used as a bioindicator. The rate of Hg increase with body weight for this species was significantly higher on the Corrientes River, near the site of a recent oil spill, than on the other two rivers. In the absence of substantial deforestation and other anthropogenic sources in the Corrientes River basin, this finding suggests that oil contamination in Andean Amazonia may have a significant impact on Hg levels in fish.

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“…Oil spill is another source of Hg pollution. Some studies demonstrated that the concentration of Hg increased significantly in the air [8], seabird [9,10] and other animals [11] at oil spill areas, which indicates increased environmental health risk from Hg released from oil spill. It is therefore meaningful to monitor not only the total Hg concentration in petroleum, but also the various organic mercury species.…”

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Evaluation of different extraction procedures for determination of organic Mercury species in petroleum by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry

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He²,

Wang³

et al. 2013

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Heavy metal and arsenic content in seabirds affected by the Prestige oil spill on the Galician coast (NW Spain)

Cited by 37 publications

References 29 publications

Distribution of metals and trace elements in adult and juvenile penguins from the Antarctic Peninsula area

Distribution of metals and trace elements in adult and juvenile penguins from the Antarctic Peninsula area

Mercury Contamination in an Indicator Fish Species from Andean Amazonian Rivers Affected by Petroleum Extraction

Evaluation of different extraction procedures for determination of organic Mercury species in petroleum by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry

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