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Heavy metals in tissues of water fowl from the Chesapeake Bay, USA. [Clangula hyemalis; Melanitta deglandi; Anas platyrhynchos; Anas rubripes; Anas strepera]

Abstract

Concentrations of cadmium, lead, copper and zinc were measured in 774 livers, 266 kidneys and 271 ulnar bones from 15 species of ducks obtained from the Chesapeake Bay region. A major purpose of this study was to elucidate relationships between food habits and tissue accumulations of heavy metals in Chesapeake Bay water fowl. Liver and kidney concentrations of cadmium were highest among two carnivorous seaduck species, Clangula hyemalis and Melanitta deglandi. In contrast, lead concentrations in tissues were generally highest in largely herbivorous species, such as Anas platyrhynchos, Anas rubripes and Anas strepera. Spent shot may be an important source for tissue burdens of lead in these ducks. No marked trends were observed between food habits and tissue concentrations of the nutrient elements, copper and zinc.
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1984
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-84-160440
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Environ. Pollut.; (United Kingdom); Journal Volume: 35:1
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CADMIUM; BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION; CHESAPEAKE BAY; WATER POLLUTION; COPPER; FOWL; CONTAMINATION; KIDNEYS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LEAD; SKELETON; ZINC; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAYS; BIRDS; BODY; DATA; ELEMENTS; INFORMATION; METALS; NUMERICAL DATA; ORGANS; POLLUTION; SEAS; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; VERTEBRATES; 560305* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Vertebrates- (-1987); 520200 - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
OSTI ID:
6536901
Research Organizations:
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: ENVPA
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 29-48
Announcement Date:
Sep 01, 1984

Citation Formats

Di Giulio, R, and Scanlon, P F. Heavy metals in tissues of water fowl from the Chesapeake Bay, USA. [Clangula hyemalis; Melanitta deglandi; Anas platyrhynchos; Anas rubripes; Anas strepera]. United Kingdom: N. p., 1984. Web.
Di Giulio, R, & Scanlon, P F. Heavy metals in tissues of water fowl from the Chesapeake Bay, USA. [Clangula hyemalis; Melanitta deglandi; Anas platyrhynchos; Anas rubripes; Anas strepera]. United Kingdom.
Di Giulio, R, and Scanlon, P F. 1984. "Heavy metals in tissues of water fowl from the Chesapeake Bay, USA. [Clangula hyemalis; Melanitta deglandi; Anas platyrhynchos; Anas rubripes; Anas strepera]." United Kingdom.
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title = {Heavy metals in tissues of water fowl from the Chesapeake Bay, USA. [Clangula hyemalis; Melanitta deglandi; Anas platyrhynchos; Anas rubripes; Anas strepera]}
author = {Di Giulio, R, and Scanlon, P F}
abstractNote = {Concentrations of cadmium, lead, copper and zinc were measured in 774 livers, 266 kidneys and 271 ulnar bones from 15 species of ducks obtained from the Chesapeake Bay region. A major purpose of this study was to elucidate relationships between food habits and tissue accumulations of heavy metals in Chesapeake Bay water fowl. Liver and kidney concentrations of cadmium were highest among two carnivorous seaduck species, Clangula hyemalis and Melanitta deglandi. In contrast, lead concentrations in tissues were generally highest in largely herbivorous species, such as Anas platyrhynchos, Anas rubripes and Anas strepera. Spent shot may be an important source for tissue burdens of lead in these ducks. No marked trends were observed between food habits and tissue concentrations of the nutrient elements, copper and zinc.}
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