Investigation of Cadmium Contamination Using Hair of the Japanese Macaque, Macaca fuscata, from Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori Prefecture in Japan

Investigation of Cadmium Contamination Using Hair of the Japanese Macaque, Macaca fuscata, from Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori Prefecture in Japan

The cadmium (Cd) contents in hair of macaques (n = 45, Macaca fuscata ) living on the Shimokita Peninsula were investigated. The mean Cd contents in the hair of Japanese (n = 34, 5.01 μg/g) and macaques (3.05 μg/g) tendency to be higher than those of animals living other areas. The Cd contents of ha...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2012-09, Vol.89 (3), p.577-579
Hauptverfasser: Mochizuki, Mariko, Anahara, Reiko, Mano, Tomoki, Nakayama, Yuri, Kobori, Mutsumi, Omi, Toshinori, Matsuoka, Shiro, Ueda, Fukiko
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Aquatic Pollution
Cadmium
Cadmium - analysis
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Female
Hair
Hair - chemistry
Japan
Macaca
Male
Monkeys & apes
Pollution
Soil Science & Conservation
Spectrophotometry, Atomic
Toxicity
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Zusammenfassung:The cadmium (Cd) contents in hair of macaques (n = 45, Macaca fuscata ) living on the Shimokita Peninsula were investigated. The mean Cd contents in the hair of Japanese (n = 34, 5.01 μg/g) and macaques (3.05 μg/g) tendency to be higher than those of animals living other areas. The Cd contents of hair of wild macaques were significantly ( p  
ISSN:0007-4861
1432-0800
DOI:10.1007/s00128-012-0694-8