The snake Bothrops jararaca (Squamata: Viperidae) is a suitable bioindicator of environmental exposure to cadmium: An experimental study

Frossard, Alexandra; Leite, Flaviana Lima Guião; Silva, Eduardo L.F.; Carneiro, Maria Tereza Weitzel Dias; Júnior, João Luiz Rossi; Gomes, Levy Carvalho; Endringer, Denise Coutinho

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.04.079

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“…Livers have been the primary target test organs for ecotoxicological studies as they may retain a significant portion of the contaminants to which an animal is exposed (Frossard et al 2019;Hinton et al 2001), particularly lipophilic organic pesticides and metals. Testing the liver reflects a life history of exposure, yet there are some limitations: The animal (usually) has to be dead and sampled either after euthanasia or through dissection of opportunistic carcasses, which can impose limits to systematic surveying and assessment of protected species.…”

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confidence: 99%