Mercury in Tissues of Red Fox as Indicator of Environmental Pollution

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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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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
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