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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2017

Trace element concentrations in livers of Common Buzzards Buteo buteo from eastern Poland.

Ignacy Kitowski, Dariusz Jakubas, Dariusz Wiącek, Agnieszka Sujak, Grzegorz Pitucha

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Ignacy KitowskiState School of Higher Education in Chełm, Pocztowa 54, 22-100, Chełm, Poland. ignacyk@autograf.pl.
Dariusz JakubasDepartment of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdańsk, Poland.
Dariusz WiącekInstitute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290, Lublin, Poland.
Agnieszka SujakDepartment of Biophysics, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-933, Lublin, Poland.
Grzegorz PituchaDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Agriculture, University of Rzeszow, Rejtana 16c, 35-959, Rzeszów, Poland.
Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences · PLRzeszów University · PLState School of Higher Education in Chełm · PLUniversity of Gdańsk · PLUniversity of Life Sciences in Lublin · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, our aim was to determine the common sources of origin of 18 elements in the livers of Common Buzzards collected during the breeding season in an extensive agricultural landscape in south-east Poland with respect to age (adults and immatures) and sex (males and females). In all 34 specimens collected, the element concentrations followed the pattern of S > Na > Fe > Mg > Zn > Si > Cu > Mn > Ba > Se > B > Pb > Hg > Cd > Cr > Ni > Sr > V. Among the heavy metals examined, only the concentration of Pb was relatively high. Given the prevalence of farmland in the studied area (and the wide use of fertilizers), common use of lead-hunting ammunition and moderate concentration of Pb in fertilizers, the indirect influence of hunting ammunition ingested with food or as gastroliths was apparently responsible for the elevated levels of Pb in the livers of Common Buzzards. In our study, no significant sex-related differences were detected in the hepatic concentrations of any element. However, a significant age effect was observed for three elements, which had elevated levels in adults (Hg) and immature birds (B, Pb), and a significant age x sex interaction was found for S and Fe. These results might be explained by the importance of these elements in bone growth in immature birds (B), variable strategies of foraging between adults and immature birds (Pb), and possible intersex differences in the immature cohort in response to the presence of lead (S, Fe).

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Environmental MonitoringAnimalsBirdsEnvironmental PollutantsFalconiformesFemaleLiverMaleMercuryMetals, HeavyPolandTrace ElementsEnvironmental PollutantsMercuryMetals, HeavyTrace ElementsCommon BuzzardHeavy metalsLiverPolandTrace elements

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