2009
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-009-0352-z
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Do estuaries pose a toxic contamination risk for wading birds?

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“…Chemical discharges (deliberate or accidental) can pollute the coastal environment (Melville 2015) and may kill benthic organisms (Li and Daler 2004), thereby potentially affecting availability of food for waterbirds. Chemical pollutants may also be directly toxic to birds and may bioaccumulate through the food chain (Smith et al 2009). Although there is currently no evidence of a direct impact of environmental pollution on waterbirds in Jiangsu, waste water discharged from the Xiao Yangkou chemical industry complex in Rudong County is reported to have led to a decrease in benthic organisms on the adjacent intertidal flats (Qing and Song 2015).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Chemical discharges (deliberate or accidental) can pollute the coastal environment (Melville 2015) and may kill benthic organisms (Li and Daler 2004), thereby potentially affecting availability of food for waterbirds. Chemical pollutants may also be directly toxic to birds and may bioaccumulate through the food chain (Smith et al 2009). Although there is currently no evidence of a direct impact of environmental pollution on waterbirds in Jiangsu, waste water discharged from the Xiao Yangkou chemical industry complex in Rudong County is reported to have led to a decrease in benthic organisms on the adjacent intertidal flats (Qing and Song 2015).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Mercury (Hg) accumulation in estuarine food webs is of concern because high tissue concentrations in fishes and birds (Mason et al 2006;Eagles-Smith and Ackerman 2009;Smith et al 2009) have been associated with neurological and behavioral abnormalities, low reproductive success, and direct toxicity (Adams and Frederick 2008;Mitro et al 2008;Crump and Trudeau 2009). Estuaries are particularly vulnerable to Hg contamination because they are often the receiving water bodies for sedimentary fluxes of mercury from upland areas.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A bit less than one third of the papers investigated drugs, while around 20% of them focused on PPP (Figure 3, lower panel). Regarding trace metallic elements, mercury and derivatives have been the most studied (Smith et al, 2009;Nichols et al, 2010;Jackson et al, 2011). Exposure routes, all chemical substances combined, covered the full range of bird feeding regimes via their food sources.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%