Use of homing pigeons as biomonitors of atmospheric metal concentrations in Beijing and Guangzhou, China

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• 作者：Jia Cui ; Richard S. Halbrook ; Shuying Zang ; Jing You
• 关键词：Heavy metals ; Homing pigeons ; Tissues ; Air pollution ; Biomonitor
• 刊名：Ecotoxicology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：25
• 期：3
• 页码：439-446
• 全文大小：531 KB
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• 作者单位：Jia Cui (1)
  Richard S. Halbrook (2)
  Shuying Zang (1)
  Jing You (3)
  
  1. Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Monitoring of Geographic Environment, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, 150025, Heilongjiang, People’s Republic of China
  2. Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University (Emeritus), Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA
  3. State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
  
• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Environment
  Environment
  Monitoring, Environmental Analysis and Environmental Ecotoxicology
  Ecology
  Environmental Management
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-3017

文摘

Biomonitoring provides direct evidence of the bioavailability and accumulation of toxic elements in the environment and in the current study, homing pigeons were used as a biomonitor of atmospheric pollution in Beijing and Guangzhou, China. Cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and mercury (Hg) concentrations were measured in lung, kidney, and liver tissues of 25 homing pigeons collected from Beijing (n = 15) and Guangzhou (n = 10). Cadmium concentrations in all tissue and lung Pb concentrations were significantly greater in pigeons collected from Guangzhou compared to those collected from Beijing. Lung Cd and Pb concentrations corresponded to differences in ambient air concentrations between the two cities, suggesting that homing pigeons are valuable biomonitors of atmospheric metal contamination. Liver and kidney Hg concentrations were significantly greater in pigeons collected from Beijing compared to those collected from Guangzhou, while Hg concentrations in lung tissue were not significantly different. Results of the current study support a conclusion that homing pigeons provide valuable data for evaluating exposure and potential effects to environmental metal concentrations.