Variable contribution of functional prey groups in diets reveals inter- and intraspecific differences in faecal concentrations of essential and non-essential elements in three sympatric avian aerial insectivores: A re-assessment of usefulness of bird faeces in metal biomonitoring

Orłowski, Grzegorz; Kamiński, Piotr; Karg, Jerzy; Baszyński, Jędrzej; Szady-Grad, Małgorzata; Koim-Puchowska, Beata; Klawe, Jacek J.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.02.078

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“…2015; Orłowski et al . 2015) or lizards and snakes (Loumbourdis 1997; Campbell et al . 2005; Márquez‐Ferrando et al .…”

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“…For example, some seabirds can act as vectors that move heavy metals from anthropogenic contaminated food sources to the soil of their nesting colonies in natural areas (Headley 1996;Otero 1998;García et al 2002a,b;Blais et al 2005). Irrespective of the pollution mechanisms, heavy metals can be transferred from the soil to plants and invertebrates, and go up the food chain (Walker et al 2012), reaching high toxicological concentrations in tissues of vertebrates such as birds (Manjula et al 2015;Orłowski et al 2015) or lizards and snakes (Loumbourdis 1997;Campbell et al 2005;Márquez-Ferrando et al 2009;reviewed in Grillitsch & Schiesari 2010).…”

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Relationships between soil pollution by heavy metals and melanin‐dependent coloration of a fossorial amphisbaenian reptile

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Melanin is the basis of coloration in many animals, and although it is often used in communication, thermoregualtion or camouflage, melanin has many other physiological functions. For example, in polluted habitats, melanin can have a detoxifying function.Melanic coloration would help to sequester in the skin the heavy metals contaminants from inside the body, which will be expulsed to the exterior when the skin is sloughed. Moreover, animals should have evolved more melanic colorations in more polluted habitats ("industrial melanism" hypothesis). We examined whether the fossorial amphisbaenian reptile, Trogonophis wiegmanni, is able to eliminate heavy metals, derived from soil pollution by seagulls depositions, through sloughing its skin. Our results suggest a covariation between levels of soil pollution by heavy metals and the concentration of heavy metals in the sloughed skins of amphisbaenians. This suggests that amphisbaenians may expel heavy metals from their bodies when they slough the skins. We also tested whether amphisbaenians inhabiting soils with higher levels of heavy metal pollution had darker (melanin-dependent) body colorations. However, contrary to predictions from the "industrial melanization" hypothesis, we found a negative relationship between soil pollution and proportions of melanic coloration. This contradictory result could, however, be explained because heavy metals have endocrine disruption effects that increase physiological stress, and higher stress levels could result in decreased melanogenesis. We suggest that although amphisbaenians might have some detoxifying mechanism linked to melanin in the skin, this process might be negatively affected by stress and result ineffective under conditions of high soil pollution.

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“…2015; Orłowski et al . 2015) or lizards and snakes (Loumbourdis 1997; Campbell et al . 2005; Márquez‐Ferrando et al .…”

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Relationships between soil pollution by heavy metals and melanin‐dependent coloration of a fossorial amphisbaenian reptile

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“…Moreover, seabirds may be the main vectors moving heavy metals and other pollutants from anthropic contaminated food sources to the soils ( Headley, 1996 ; Otero, 1998 ; García et al , 2002a , b ; Blais et al , 2005 ). Heavy metals can be, then, transferred from the soil to plants and invertebrates and go up the food chain ( Walker et al , 2012 ) to reach high toxicological concentrations in tissues of vertebrates such as reptiles ( Loumbourdis, 1997 ; Campbell and Campbell, 2001 ; Márquez-Ferrando et al , 2009 ; Grillitsch and Schiesari, 2010 ) or birds ( Franceschini et al , 2009 ; Manjula et al , 2015 ; Orłowski et al , 2015 ).…”

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Soil pollution by heavy metals correlates with levels of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites of a fossorial amphisbaenian reptile

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Barja

Rodríguez‐Ruiz

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“…Concerning the relationships between birds and environmental pollution, there have been a number of reports that show the contribution of heavy metals in invertebrates to soil pollution [10][11][12][13]. Among them, swallows are recognized to be useful indicators of environmental pollution as the biotransfer of pollutants can occur via their diet of insects [1].…”

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“…Among them, swallows are recognized to be useful indicators of environmental pollution as the biotransfer of pollutants can occur via their diet of insects [1]. For example, the fecal concentrations of non-essential elements of barn swallows were attributable to those in the insect prey [11]. Hedde and Van Oort [14], reported that certain trace elements in invertebrates are influenced by the soil pollution.…”

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Potential of barn swallow feces as a non-destructive biomonitoring tool for anthropogenic pollutants: Site and chemical specificities and an evaluation of soil contaminants

Imaeda

Niizuma

Ohura

2021

Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability

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In this study, we investigated the potential of swallow feces as a bioindicator to evaluate soil pollution from anthropogenic sources. This biomonitoring was performed with trace elements, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and their chlorinated derivatives (ClPAHs) as pollutants. The concentration of total trace elements targeted was reasonably consistent in both soil and fecal samples. The composition of individual trace elements also showed a similar profile across the sampling sites. The concentration of total PAHs varied in both soil and fecal samples among the sites, whereas their composition showed a similar profile. There were no significant correlations between total PAH or total ClPAH concentrations in either soil or fecal samples. This suggests that the sources and metabolic pathways in swallows may differ between PAHs and ClPAHs. Predictions of individual contaminant levels in soil samples were made from corresponding datasets of the feces using partial least squares analysis, and showed significant correlations based on the magnitude order. It permitted to roughly complement the levels of contaminants in the soils by the estimated equation.

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Variable contribution of functional prey groups in diets reveals inter- and intraspecific differences in faecal concentrations of essential and non-essential elements in three sympatric avian aerial insectivores: A re-assessment of usefulness of bird faeces in metal biomonitoring

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Relationships between soil pollution by heavy metals and melanin‐dependent coloration of a fossorial amphisbaenian reptile

Relationships between soil pollution by heavy metals and melanin‐dependent coloration of a fossorial amphisbaenian reptile

Soil pollution by heavy metals correlates with levels of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites of a fossorial amphisbaenian reptile

Potential of barn swallow feces as a non-destructive biomonitoring tool for anthropogenic pollutants: Site and chemical specificities and an evaluation of soil contaminants

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