Mercury in Tissues of Red Fox as Indicator of Environmental Pollution
Authors
L.S. Khabarova, E.S. Ivanova, N.Ya. Poddubnaya, A.V. Andreeva, A.P. Selezneva, D.M. Feneva
Corresponding Author
L.S. Khabarova
Available Online December 2018.
- DOI
- 10.2991/isees-18.2018.19How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- mercury, red fox, tissues
- Abstract
Twenty-three red foxes (Vulpes vulpes L.) were tested for the presence of mercury in their internal organs. These animals were captured in the Vologda region (Northwest Russia) within 2009 and 2018. The animal's liver, kidneys, muscles, brain, spleen, chyme and intestinal wall were tested. The concentrations level ranged between 0.001 mg/kg of wet mass in the chyme and the brain - up to 0.713 mg/kg of wet mass in kidneys. There is a strong correlation between the concentrations of mercury in separate pairs of tissues of a red fox. The ratio of concentrations of mercury between the tissues of the red fox was discovered: the concentration of mercury in the brain was 2 to 18 times lower than in other tissues.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - L.S. Khabarova AU - E.S. Ivanova AU - N.Ya. Poddubnaya AU - A.V. Andreeva AU - A.P. Selezneva AU - D.M. Feneva PY - 2018/12 DA - 2018/12 TI - Mercury in Tissues of Red Fox as Indicator of Environmental Pollution BT - Proceedings of the International Symposium “Engineering and Earth Sciences: Applied and Fundamental Research” (ISEES 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 96 EP - 100 SN - 2352-5401 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/isees-18.2018.19 DO - 10.2991/isees-18.2018.19 ID - Khabarova2018/12 ER -