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Comparison of Lead and Cadmium Accumulations in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia) with Different Developmental Stages from Urban and Industrial Complex Areas  

남동하 (경희대학교 환경응용화학부)
이두표 (호남대학교 생명과학과)
구태희 (경희대학교 환경응용화학부)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.21, no.2, 2003 , pp. 142-148 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine Pb and Cd accumulation and to assess its trends in relation to age categories in feral pigeons from urban (Seoul) and industrial complex (Ansan) areas. This study shows that Pb and Cd concentrations in bone, kidney, liver, and lung increase with different developmental stages in feral pigeons. Particularly, Pb in the bones and Cd in the kidneys of birds were highly increased from chicks to adults. Mean Pb concentrations in pigeons from Seoul were three times higher in chicks than in eggs and six times greater in adults than in chicks. For Cd concentrations, pigeons in Seoul contained two times higher in chicks than in eggs and seventeen times higher in adults than in chicks. It indicates that Pb and Cd concentrations increase with age, and these are apparent to the results in Seoul than in the Ansan colony.
Keywords
Urban; industrial; feral pigeons; Pb and Cd;
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