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Article: Mercury exposure in sedentary and migratory Charadrius plovers distributed widely across China

TitleMercury exposure in sedentary and migratory Charadrius plovers distributed widely across China
Authors
KeywordsBioaccumulation
China
Kentish plover
Mercury concentration
Shorebirds
Stable isotopes
White-faced plover
Issue Date2020
PublisherSpringer. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.springer.com/environment/journal/11356
Citation
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020, v. 27 n. 4, p. 4236-4245 How to Cite?
AbstractMercury pollution is a global problem and of particular concern in high emissions areas, such as China. We studied the migratory Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, which breeds in coastal northern/central China and the inland Qinghai Lake, and the White-faced Plover C. dealbatus, a year-round resident of coastal southern China. We measured total mercury (THg) concentrations in feather and blood samples of breeding females. We expected low levels at the remote Qinghai Lake, but we found instead that feather THg concentrations were highest there (3.89 ± 1.53 [SD] μg/g DW [n = 34]; compared to 1.29 ± 0.61 μg/g of Kentish Plover elsewhere [n = 35] and 2.08 ± 1.45 μg/g for White-faced Plover [n = 56]), a result is consistent over 2 years. When including only coastal populations in the analysis, there were no differences in THg concentrations between the two species, although White-faced Plover had more variation. Feather THg concentrations for the coastal populations are similar to other studies on plovers and sandpipers globally, with most birds under the threshold of adverse effects (3 μg/g, an estimate that itself may be too low). Nevertheless, the Qinghai Kentish Plover population has mean feather concentrations above this threshold, indicating high exposure during the nonbreeding season, and some individuals have extreme values (e.g., a bird with a blood level of 7.63 μg/g DW from Zhanjiang, south China), so further research and monitoring are needed.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/287322
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.006
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dc.contributor.authorSu, T-
dc.contributor.authorLin, X-
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Q-
dc.contributor.authorJiang, D-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, C-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, X-
dc.contributor.authorDingle, C-
dc.contributor.authorGoodale, E-
dc.contributor.authorQue, P-
dc.contributor.authorWang, R-
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Y-
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-22T02:59:16Z-
dc.date.available2020-09-22T02:59:16Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020, v. 27 n. 4, p. 4236-4245-
dc.identifier.issn0944-1344-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/287322-
dc.description.abstractMercury pollution is a global problem and of particular concern in high emissions areas, such as China. We studied the migratory Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, which breeds in coastal northern/central China and the inland Qinghai Lake, and the White-faced Plover C. dealbatus, a year-round resident of coastal southern China. We measured total mercury (THg) concentrations in feather and blood samples of breeding females. We expected low levels at the remote Qinghai Lake, but we found instead that feather THg concentrations were highest there (3.89 ± 1.53 [SD] μg/g DW [n = 34]; compared to 1.29 ± 0.61 μg/g of Kentish Plover elsewhere [n = 35] and 2.08 ± 1.45 μg/g for White-faced Plover [n = 56]), a result is consistent over 2 years. When including only coastal populations in the analysis, there were no differences in THg concentrations between the two species, although White-faced Plover had more variation. Feather THg concentrations for the coastal populations are similar to other studies on plovers and sandpipers globally, with most birds under the threshold of adverse effects (3 μg/g, an estimate that itself may be too low). Nevertheless, the Qinghai Kentish Plover population has mean feather concentrations above this threshold, indicating high exposure during the nonbreeding season, and some individuals have extreme values (e.g., a bird with a blood level of 7.63 μg/g DW from Zhanjiang, south China), so further research and monitoring are needed.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherSpringer. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.springer.com/environment/journal/11356-
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research-
dc.subjectBioaccumulation-
dc.subjectChina-
dc.subjectKentish plover-
dc.subjectMercury concentration-
dc.subjectShorebirds-
dc.subjectStable isotopes-
dc.subjectWhite-faced plover-
dc.titleMercury exposure in sedentary and migratory Charadrius plovers distributed widely across China-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailDingle, C: cdingle@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityDingle, C=rp01985-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11356-019-06873-6-
dc.identifier.pmid31828699-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85076604866-
dc.identifier.hkuros314514-
dc.identifier.volume27-
dc.identifier.issue4-
dc.identifier.spage4236-
dc.identifier.epage4245-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000519703100061-
dc.publisher.placeGermany-
dc.identifier.issnl0944-1344-

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