{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["21(13)"],"submitter":["Copat C"],"pubmed_abstract":[": The study aimed to highlight the degree of trace element contamination along three sites of Sicily: the Magnisi peninsula (MP), located in proximity to the Augusta-Priolo-Melilli petrochemical plant; the Ragusa agro-ecosystem (RA), characterized by a rural landscape; and the Gela plain (GP), characterized by intensive agriculture and a disused petrochemical plant. We collected biological samples (abraded back feathers and blood) of the Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus Linnaeus, 1758) as well as soil samples to determine the trace elements concentrations of As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn, Se and V using ICP-MS analysis. The results found for the three sites show different trends of accumulation, which depend on the different management and geological characteristics of the areas."],"journal":["International journal of molecular sciences"],"pagination":["E4597"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7370152"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Trace Element Bioaccumulation in Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus, Linnaeus, 1758): A Case Study from Sicily (Italy)."],"pmcid":["PMC7370152"],"pubmed_authors":["Grasso A","Ferrante M","Grasso R","Giunta F","Spena MT","Messina A","Hernout BV","Copat C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Trace Element Bioaccumulation in Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus, Linnaeus, 1758): A Case Study from Sicily (Italy).","description":": The study aimed to highlight the degree of trace element contamination along three sites of Sicily: the Magnisi peninsula (MP), located in proximity to the Augusta-Priolo-Melilli petrochemical plant; the Ragusa agro-ecosystem (RA), characterized by a rural landscape; and the Gela plain (GP), characterized by intensive agriculture and a disused petrochemical plant. We collected biological samples (abraded back feathers and blood) of the Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus Linnaeus, 1758) as well as soil samples to determine the trace elements concentrations of As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn, Se and V using ICP-MS analysis. The results found for the three sites show different trends of accumulation, which depend on the different management and geological characteristics of the areas.","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Jun","modification":"2025-04-22T19:34:13.639Z","creation":"2025-04-06T02:46:49.463Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7370152","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32605267"],"doi":["10.3390/ijms21134597"]}}