Persistent Organic Pollutants in Livers and Hg in Feathers of Neotropic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) from the Trinity River Watershed (Texas, USA)
| Autor: | Raquel R. Rech, Jose L. Sericano, Christopher Sandoval, Miguel A. Mora |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis River watershed Wildlife Sewage 010501 environmental sciences Toxicology 01 natural sciences Birds Polybrominated diphenyl ethers Rivers Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers Animals Ecotoxicology Organic Chemicals 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Pollutant biology business.industry Mercury General Medicine Feathers biology.organism_classification Polychlorinated Biphenyls Texas Pollution Fishery Liver Feather visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium Environmental science business Water Pollutants Chemical Phalacrocorax brasilianus Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 76:405-413 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0703 0090-4341 |
| Popis: | The Trinity River (Texas, USA) has been historically known as a polluted river because of its proximity to the Dallas-Fort Worth area and because of known discharges of sewage and agricultural irrigation waters to the river. Surprisingly, there are no studies regarding the presence of legacy contaminants in the river and their impacts to wildlife. The objectives of this study were to determine accumulation and potential impacts of persistent organic pollutants, such as organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), on Neotropic cormorants (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) nesting along the Trinity River. Adult and first-year cormorants were collected from two sites on the Trinity River Watershed during 2014 and 2015. Tissue sections from liver, spleen, kidneys, and gonads were used for histopathology analysis, and a portion of the liver was analyzed for OCPs, PCBs, and PBDEs. Breast feathers were analyzed for Hg. Surprisingly, all the contaminants were present at low concentrations, p,p'-DDE (2-724 ng/g ww), PCBs (28-851 ng/g ww), PBDEs (1-85 ng/g ww), Hg (1.9-3.4 µg/g dw), and below those that could be associated with adverse effects. Also, histological analysis of liver and kidney samples did not reveal morphologic changes consistent with acute or chronic toxicosis. The majority of the histologic changes were inflammatory and were related to parasitic infestation. Our results suggest that aquatic birds using the Trinity River watershed are not at risk for adverse effects due to the contaminants studied. These results should be useful to wildlife managers regarding concerns over contaminant impacts on wildlife of the Trinity River. |
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