Table Of ContentElżbieta Kalisińska E ditor
Mammals and Birds
as Bioindicators
of Trace Element
Contaminations
in Terrestrial
Environments
An Ecotoxicological Assessment of the
Northern Hemisphere
Mammals and Birds as Bioindicators of Trace
Element Contaminations in Terrestrial Environments
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El bieta Kalisi ska
Editor
Mammals and Birds as
Bioindicators of Trace
Element Contaminations
in Terrestrial Environments
An Ecotoxicological Assessment
of the Northern Hemisphere
Editor
ElżbietaKalisińska
DepartmentofBiologyandMedical
Parasitology
PomeranianMedicalUniversity
Szczecin,Poland
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We dedicate this book to all animals that help
us recognize the threats to our environment
and hopefully prevent a global catastrophe.
Preface
This monograph includes a collection of data on the role and concentrations of
17traceelementsoccurringinwildwarm-bloodedvertebratesinhabitingtheNorth-
ern Hemisphere. These elements include those that are essential or potentially
essential for the lives of birds and mammals, as well as those that are commonly
regardedastoxic.
Since the mid-twentieth century, we have witnessed rapid development in the
fieldofanimalbiology,includingecology,biogeography,physiology,genetics,and
ecotoxicology,fieldsofsciencedealingwiththeincreasingnumberofenvironmen-
talissuesrelatedtotheoverwhelminggrowthofthehumanpopulation.Theconse-
quences of this demographic explosion include profound changes in land use,
disruption of the natural geochemical cycles of many elements and their large-
scale mobilization from deposits as a result of economic activity, the release of
anthropogenicpollutantsintotheenvironment,andthespreadofsomespeciesand
declineintheabundanceandrangesofotherspecies.Theseenvironmentalchanges
have many adverse effects on humans and other vertebrates living in terrestrial
environments with different geological structures and varying levels of anthropo-
genicpressure.
Inthiscontext,weendeavoredtoanalyzetheavailableecotoxicologicalliterature
(mainly in English and published between 1960 and 2016), focusing on terrestrial
bird and mammal species of different trophic levels to identify the most universal
bioindicatorsofpollution.Wealsoaimedtoidentifytheusefulnessofdifferenttypes
ofbiologicalsamplesinbiomonitoringofcertainelementsandtoassessthepresent
stateofknowledgeinthisarea.
Szczecin,Poland ElżbietaKalisińska
January2019
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Contents
PartI Introduction
1 HumanPopulationIncreaseandChangesinProduction
andUsageofTraceElementsintheTwentiethCentury
andFirstDecadesoftheTwenty-FirstCentury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ElżbietaKalisińska
2 EndothermicAnimalsasBiomonitorsofTerrestrial
Environments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ElżbietaKalisińska
PartII SelectedTraceElements
3 Chromium,Cr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
TadeuszKośla,IwonaLasocka,andMartaKołnierzak
4 Copper,Cu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
NataliaŁanocha-ArendarczykandDanutaI.Kosik-Bogacka
5 Iodine,I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
BogumiłaPilarczyk,AgnieszkaTomza-Marciniak,RenataPilarczyk,
AndrzejMarciniak,MałgorzataBąkowska,andJanUdała
6 Iron,Fe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
DanutaKosik-Bogacka,NataliaŁanocha-Arendarczyk,
ElżbietaKalisińska,KarolinaKot,DanutaCzernomysy-Furowicz,
BogumiłaPilarczyk,andAgnieszkaTomza-Marciniak
7 Manganese,Mn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
ElżbietaKalisińskaandHalinaBudis
8 Molybdenum,Mo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
TadeuszKośla,MichałSkibniewski,EwaM.Skibniewska,
IwonaLasocka,andMartaKołnierzak
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9 Nickel,Ni. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
ŁukaszJ.Binkowski
10 Selenium,Se. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
BogumiłaPilarczyk,AgnieszkaTomza-Marciniak,RenataPilarczyk,
AndrzejMarciniak,MałgorzataBąkowska,andEwaNowakowska
11 Zinc,Zn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
DanutaI.Kosik-BogackaandNataliaŁanocha-Arendarczyk
12 Aluminum,Al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
EwaSkibniewskaandMichałSkibniewski
13 Arsenic,As. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
ŁukaszJ.Binkowski
14 Cadmium,Cd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
AgnieszkaTomza-Marciniak,BogumiłaPilarczyk,
AndrzejMarciniak,JanUdała,MałgorzataBąkowska,
andRenataPilarczyk
15 Fluorine,F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
IzabelaGutowska,MonikaRać,andDariuszChlubek
16 Lead,Pb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
IrenaBaranowska-Bosiacka,JanKorbecki,andMariolaMarchlewicz
17 Mercury,Hg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593
ElżbietaKalisińska,NataliaŁanocha-Arendarczyk,
andDanutaI.Kosik-Bogacka
18 Silver,Ag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
LidiaStrużyńska
19 Tin,Sn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
AgnieszkaTomza-Marciniak,BogumiłaPilarczyk,
AndrzejMarciniak,RenataPilarczyk,andMałgorzataBąkowska
List of Contributors
Małgorzata Bąkowska Chair of Animal Reproduction Biotechnology and Envi-
ronmental Hygiene, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin,
Szczecin,Poland
Irena Baranowska-Bosiacka Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemis-
try,PomeranianMedicalUniversityinSzczecin,Szczecin,Poland
Łukasz J. Binkowski Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Cracow,
Kraków,Poland
HalinaBudis ChairofHealthEducationFacultyofPhysicalEducationandHealth
Promotion,SzczecinUniversity,Szczecin,Poland
Dariusz Chlubek Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomera-
nianMedicalUniversityinSzczecin,Szczecin,Poland
Danuta Czarnomysy-Furowicz Department of Immunology, Microbiology and
Physiological Chemistry, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin,
Szczecin,Poland
Izabela Gutowska Department of Biochemistry Human Nutrition, Pomeranian
MedicalUniversityinSzczecin,Szczecin,Poland
ElżbietaKalisińska DepartmentofBiologyandMedicalParasitology,Pomeranian
MedicalUniversityinSzczecin,Szczecin,Poland
Jan Korbecki Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian
MedicalUniversityinSzczecin,Szczecin,Poland
MartaKołnierzak DepartmentofAnimalEnvironmentBiology,WarsawUniver-
sityofLifeSciences–SGGW,Warsaw,Poland
Danuta I. Kosik-Bogacka Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology,
PomeranianMedicalUniversityinSzczecin,Szczecin,Poland
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Tadeusz Kośla Department of Animal Environment Biology, Warsaw University
ofLifeSciences–SGGW,Warsaw,Poland
Karolina Kot Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology, Pomeranian
MedicalUniversityinSzczecin,Szczecin,Poland
NataliaŁanocha-Arendarczyk DepartmentofBiologyandMedicalParasitology,
PomeranianMedicalUniversityinSzczecin,Szczecin,Poland
IwonaLasocka DepartmentofAnimalEnvironmentBiology,WarsawUniversity
ofLifeSciences–SGGW,Warsaw,Poland
Mariola Marchlewicz Department of Aesthetic Dermatology, Pomeranian
MedicalUniversityinSzczecin,Szczecin,Poland
Andrzej Marciniak West Pomeranian Research Center in Szczecin, Institute of
TechnologyandLifeSciencesinFalenty,Falenty,Poland
EwaNowakowska DepartmentofAnimalReproductionBiotechnologyandEnvi-
ronmental Hygiene, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin,
Szczecin,Poland
Bogumiła Pilarczyk Department of Animal Reproduction Biotechnology and
Environmental Hygiene, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin,
Szczecin,Poland
Renata Pilarczyk Department of Animal Reproduction Biotechnology and Envi-
ronmental Hygiene, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin,
Szczecin,Poland
Monika Rać Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian
MedicalUniversityinSzczecin,Szczecin,Poland
Ewa M. Skibniewska Department of Animal Environment Biology, Warsaw
UniversityofLifeSciences–SGGW,Warsaw,Poland
Michał Skibniewski Department of Animal Environment Biology, Warsaw
UniversityofLifeSciences–SGGW,Warsaw,Poland
LidiaStrużyńska LaboratoryofPatoneurochemistry,Department ofNeurochem-
istry, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences,
Warsaw,Poland
Agnieszka Tomza-Marciniak Department of Animal Reproduction Biotechnol-
ogy and Environmental Hygiene, West Pomeranian University of Technology in
Szczecin,Szczecin,Poland
JanUdała DepartmentofAnimalReproductionBiotechnologyandEnvironmental
Hygiene,WestPomeranianUniversityofTechnologyinSzczecin,Szczecin,Poland
