Annual variability of heavy metal content in Svalbard reindeer faeces as a result of dietary preferences

• Published in: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
• Main Authors: Węgrzyn, Michał Hubert, Wietrzyk, Paulina, Lehmann-Konera, Sara, Chmiel, Stanisław, Cykowska-Marzencka, Beata, Polkowska, Żaneta
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
• Subjects: Research Article; Bolterdalen; Svalbard; svalbard reindeer
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6290696/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30377969; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3479-8

During both winter and summer, Svalbard reindeer selectively feed on different types of vegetation that are not only a source of nutritional value, but also a place of heavy metal accumulation. In the present study, the content of cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, nickel, manganese, and zinc in...