Bats as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution: history and prospect

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62157124%3A16270%2F15%3A43873809" target="_blank" >RIV/62157124:16270/15:43873809 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/68081766:_____/15:00445752

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2015.01.001" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2015.01.001</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2015.01.001" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.mambio.2015.01.001</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Bats as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution: history and prospect

Original language description

Bats today face a number of important threats, including that of heavy metal exposure. While the numerous adverse health effects of heavy metals have long been documented, exposure to heavy metal pollution continues, and is even increasing in some parts of the world. The eleven heavy metal elements of highest wildlife protection concern are arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, mercury, manganese, nickel, lead, tin and thallium. This paper reviews 52 studies reporting on heavy metal concentrations in bats, their organs and guano, and aims to provide an overview of heavy metal research on wild bat populations, and particularly its temporal, geographic, methodological and biological aspects. While most studies reporting on heavy metal contamination have come from North America and Europe, these are generally restricted to one or two reports per country/state. General trend analysis of heavy metal content in bats is not possible due to variation in the data and the analysis of stratigraphically dated guano deposits provides inconsistent results. Moreover, variability in heavy metal content observed in bat bodies is influenced by background levels and a direct comparison of results between geographically distant areas is, therefore problematic. Comparison of contaminated and reference localities at a regional scale is useful and is regularly used. From a methodological point of view, the determination of heavy metal concentration in tissues may be limited by the typically small sample sizes available. Heavy metals have been analyzed in a range of matrices, with the four most sampled types (liver, kidney, whole body/carcass and guano) and the actual number of compounds analyzed gradually increasing over time as more sophisticated and precise instrumentation are developed. Non-lethal sampling methods are increasingly used for monitoring as these have minimal impact on threatened and highly protected animals.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP506%2F12%2F1064" target="_blank" >GAP506/12/1064: Bat adaptations to the fungal disease geomycosis</a><br>

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Mammalian biology

ISSN

1616-5047

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

80

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

220-227

UT code for WoS article

000356738900010

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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