Potentially toxic elements in different tissues of great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) at a wetland area.

ABSTRACT: Concentrations of 4 potentially toxic elements (As, Cd, Hg, Pb) were investigated in the feather, liver, kidney, and bone of great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo). The tissue samples were taken at the Central Tisza - Jászság Nature Conservation Area in Hungary. They were analysed by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). The goal of the investigation was to analyse the metal burden of the above-mentioned elements in the various tissues of these wild birds and to provide important information for monitoring the environmental pollution.Amongst the examined potentially toxic elements no statistical gender difference was observed, so the data were not separated based on them during the statistical analysis. The concentration of mercury was the highest in the feath

SUBMITTER: Lehel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10697887 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature