Concentration of Mercury in the Livers of Small Terrestrial Rodents from Rural Areas in Poland
Small terrestrial mammals could be used as accumulative biomonitors of different environmental contaminants, but the knowledge of the level of Hg in their bodies is scant. The aim of our research was to verify the factors influencing Hg bioaccumulation and to analyze the concentration of total mercu...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:6891690 2023-05-15T15:56:33+02:00 Concentration of Mercury in the Livers of Small Terrestrial Rodents from Rural Areas in Poland Durkalec, Maciej Nawrocka, Agnieszka Żmudzki, Jacek Filipek, Aleksandra Niemcewicz, Marcin Posyniak, Andrzej 2019-11-14 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6891690/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31739423 https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24224108 en eng MDPI http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6891690/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31739423 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules24224108 © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). CC-BY Article Text 2019 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24224108 2019-12-15T01:36:47Z Small terrestrial mammals could be used as accumulative biomonitors of different environmental contaminants, but the knowledge of the level of Hg in their bodies is scant. The aim of our research was to verify the factors influencing Hg bioaccumulation and to analyze the concentration of total mercury (Hg) in the livers of four species of wild terrestrial rodents from different rural areas of Poland: the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis), striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius), common vole (Microtus arvalis), and bank vole (Myodes glareolus). The concentration of total Hg was analyzed in liver tissue by atomic absorption spectrometry using a direct mercury analyzer. The concentration of Hg found in the livers of rodents ranged from <1 to 36.4 µg/kg of wet weight, differed between study sites, species, and sexes, and was related to body weight. We addressed feeding habits as potential causes of differences in liver Hg concentration among species. Text Common vole Microtus arvalis PubMed Central (PMC) Molecules 24 22 4108 |
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Small terrestrial mammals could be used as accumulative biomonitors of different environmental contaminants, but the knowledge of the level of Hg in their bodies is scant. The aim of our research was to verify the factors influencing Hg bioaccumulation and to analyze the concentration of total mercury (Hg) in the livers of four species of wild terrestrial rodents from different rural areas of Poland: the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis), striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius), common vole (Microtus arvalis), and bank vole (Myodes glareolus). The concentration of total Hg was analyzed in liver tissue by atomic absorption spectrometry using a direct mercury analyzer. The concentration of Hg found in the livers of rodents ranged from <1 to 36.4 µg/kg of wet weight, differed between study sites, species, and sexes, and was related to body weight. We addressed feeding habits as potential causes of differences in liver Hg concentration among species. |
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Concentration of Mercury in the Livers of Small Terrestrial Rodents from Rural Areas in Poland |
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Concentration of Mercury in the Livers of Small Terrestrial Rodents from Rural Areas in Poland |
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Concentration of Mercury in the Livers of Small Terrestrial Rodents from Rural Areas in Poland |
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