The importance of exogenous contamination on heavy metal levels in bird feathers. A field experiment with free-living great tits, Parus major

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 356-360

  Veerle, Jaspers ^a   Tom, Dauwe ^a   Rianne, Pinxten ^a   Lieven, Bervoets ^a   Ronny, Blust ^a   Marcel, Eens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SILVER; THALLIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEATHER; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHERS; METALS, HEAVY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 2042505690     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b314919f     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. P. Lam, B. Richardson and R. Wu, Introduction to Ecotoxicology, Des Connell, School of Public Health, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, 1999.
2. J. Burger, Rev. Environ. Toxicol., 1993, 5, 203-311.
3. R. W. Furness, in Birds as monitors of environmental change, ed. R. W. Furness and J. J. D. Greenwood, Chapman and Hall, London, UK, 1993, pp. 86-143.
4. S. Llacuna, A. Gorriz, C. Sanpera and J. Nadal, Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol, 1995, 28, 298-303.
5. M. Eens, R. Pinxten, R. F. Verheyen, R. Blust and L. Bervoets, Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf., 1999, 44, 81-85.
6. T. Dauwe, L. Bervoets, R. Blust, R. Pinxten and M. Eens, Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 2000, 39, 541-546.
7. E. Janssens, T. Dauwe, L. Bervoets and M. Eens, Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 2001, 20, 2815-2820.
8. L. M. Gonzalez and F. Hiraldo, Environ. Pollut., 1988, 51, 241-258.
9. B. Weyers, E. Glück and M. Stoeppler, Sci. Total Environ., 1988, 77, 61-67.
10. J. Burger and M. Gochfeld, Arch. Environ. Contain. Toxicol., 1992, 23, 105-108.
11. S. A. Lewis, P. H. Becker and R. W. Furness, Environ. Pollut., 1993, 80, 293-299.
12. R. E. Fitzner, R. H. Gray and W. T. Hinds, Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 1995, 55, 398-403.
13. J. Burger, G. E. Woolfenden and M. Gochfeld, Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 1999, 37, 385-388.
14. T. Dauwe, L. Bervoets, E. Janssens, R. Pinxten, R. Blust and M. Eens, Ecol. Indic., 2002, 1, 227-234.
15. T. Dauwe, L. Bervoets, R. Pinxten, R. Blust and M. Eens, Environ. Pollut., 2003, 124, 429-436.
16. J. Burger, I. C. T. Nisbet and M. Gochfeld, J. Toxicol. Environ. Health, 1992, 37, 363-374.
17. A. Pilastro, L. Congiu, L. Tallandini and M. Turchetto, Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 1993, 24, 355-358.
18. K. Dmowski, Acta Ornithol., 1999, 34, 1-25.
19. H. Appelquist, S. Asbirk and I. Drabæk, Mar. Pollut. Bull., 1984, 15, 22-24.
20. K. Dmowski, Acta Ornithol., 1993, 28, 1-9.
21. A. A. Goede and M. de Bruin, Environ. Pollut., Ser. B, 1984, 8, 281-298.
22. Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij, Studie van de verontreiniging in de omgeving van Union Minière vestiging Hoboken, Jaarrapport 1998, Erembodegem, Belgium, 1999.
23. R. W. Furness, S. J. Muirhead and M. Woodburn, Mar. Pollut. Bull., 1986, 17, 27-30.
24. S. Cramp and C. M. Perrins, Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Volume VII Flycatchers to Shrikes, Oxford University Press, New York, 1993, vol. 7, pp. 255-281.
25. R. Blust, A. Van der Linden, E. Verheyen and W. Decleir, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 1988, 3, 387-393.
26. R. R. Sokal and F. J. Rohlf, Biometry, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 3th edn., 1997.
27. T. Dauwe, L. Bervoets, R. Blust and M. Eens, Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 2002, 42, 88-92.
28. T. Dauwe, unpublished work, 2002.
29. V. Hennig, Hohenheimer Unwelltagun, 1992, 24, 93-110.
30. M. L. Sunde, Poultry Sci., 1972, 51, 1316-1322.
31. D. J. Hoffman, B. A. Rattner, I. Scheunert and F. Korte, in Ecotoxicology of wild mammals, ed. R. F. Shore and B. A. Rattner, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2001, pp. 1-48.
32. B. M. Braune and D. E. Gaskin, Ornis Scandinavica, 1987, 18, 244-250.