Mercury Accumulation in Liver, Kidney, Pectoral Muscle and Breast Feathers of Zarivar Wetland Common Coot (Fulicaatra)
Keywords:
Biological Monitoring, Contamination Organs, WaterBird, Zarivar WetlandAbstract
In this survey, the mercury concentration of kidney, liver, breast feathers and pectoral muscle was assayed in water bird, the Coot Fulicaatra. Bird samples were collected from November 2011 to January 2012 throughout the Zarivar wetland in western of Iran, and mercury was assayed by using a Varian 220 atomic absorption spectrophotometer; the results were given as µg/g. Results showed that the mercury concentration in the Coot were decreased in sequence of liver >feather > kidney> pectoral muscle. Also, the results indicated that the levels of the mercury concentration in the Coot were higher in females than in males. Mercury concentrations were different between the tissues of Coot, but there was no difference between sex (male vs. female; except mercury in muscle).
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Houserová, P., Kubán, V., Komar, S., and Sitko, J. (2007).Total mercury and mercury species in birds and fish in an aquatic ecosystem in the Czech Republic.Environmental Pollution,145, 185–194.
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Johansen P, Mulvad G, Pedersen HS, Hansen JC, Riget F (2006) Accumulation of cadmium in livers and kidneys in Greenlanders. The Science of the Total Environment, 372, 58–63.
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Kim, E. Y., Saeki, K., Tanabe, S., Tanaka, H., Tatsukawa, R. (1996).Specific accumulation of mercury and selenium in seabirds.Environmental Pollution,94, 261–265.
Lewis, S. A., Furness, R. W.(1991). Mercury accumulation and excretion in laboratory reared Black-headed Gull Larusridibundus chicks. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 21, 316-320.
Lewis, S. A., Becker, P. H., Furness, R. W.(1993). Mercury levels in eggs, internal tissues and feathers of Herring Gulls Larusargentatus from the German Wadden Sea. Environmental Pollution,80, 293-299.
Mansouri, B., Pourkhabbaz, A., Babaei, H., Houshyari, E. (2012a). Heavy metal contamination in feathers of Western Reef Heron (Egrettagularis) and Siberian gull (Larusheuglini) from Hara biosphere reserve of Southern Iran. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,184, 6139–6145,
Mansouri, B., Pourkhabbaz, A., Babaei, H., Hoshyari, E., Khodaparast, S. H.,Mirzajani, A.(2012b).Assessment of trace-metal concentration in Western Reef Heron (Egrettagularis) and Siberian gull (Larusheuglini) from southern Iran.Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 63:280–287
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Zamani-Ahmadmahmoodi, R., Esmaili-Sari, A., Savabieasfahani, M., Ghasempouri, S. M., Bahramifar, N. (2010).Mercury pollution in three species of waders from Shadegan wetlands at the head of the Persian Gulf.Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, doi:10.1007/s00128-010-9933-z
Zolfaghari, G. H., Esmaili-Sari, A., Ghasempouri, S. M., Rajabi,Baydokhti, R., HassanzadeKiabi, B. (2009). A multispecies-monitoring study about bioaccumulation of mercury in Iranian birds (Khuzestan to Persian Gulf): Effect of taxonomic affiliation and trophic level. Environmental Research, 109, 830–836.
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Mansouri, B., Majnoni, F., & Karimi, H. K. (2013). Mercury Accumulation in Liver, Kidney, Pectoral Muscle and Breast Feathers of Zarivar Wetland Common Coot (Fulicaatra). Science Journal of University of Zakho, 1(1), 81–86. Retrieved from https://sjuoz.uoz.edu.krd/index.php/sjuoz/article/view/41
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