Can Excrement and Feathers of Nestling Songbirds Be Used as Biomonitors for Heavy Metal Pollution?

Although birds have been frequently used as indicators of heavy metal pollution, few studies have examined pollutant levels in nestling passerines. In this paper we determined the levels of two essential (zinc and copper) and three nonessential heavy metals (lead, cadmium, and arsenic) in the excrem...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 2000-11, Vol.39 (4), p.541-546
Hauptverfasser:	Dauwe, T, Bervoets, L, Blust, R, Pinxten, R, Eens, M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Animals, Newborn Applied ecology Arsenic Aves Belgium Biological and medical sciences Cadmium Copper Cyanistes caeruleus Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on vertebrates Environmental Monitoring - methods Environmental Pollutants - analysis feathers Feathers - chemistry feces Feces - chemistry Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Heavy metals Indicator organisms Lead Metal concentrations Metallurgy Metals, Heavy - analysis Parus Parus caeruleus Parus major Pollution Pollution levels Reference Values Songbirds Songbirds - physiology species differences Water pollution Zinc
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