Metals in soft tissues of mule deer and antelope
Metals in soft tissues of mule deer and antelope
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黑尾鹿和羚羊软组织中的金属
DOI:
10.1007/bf02027032
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发表时间:
1979
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
D. Neuman
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文献类型:
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作者:
F. Munshower;D. Neuman
The Northern Great Plains is one of the few remaining areas in the United States containing large numbers of free roaming big game animals. Because of increasing fossil fuel development in this region and the potential for trace metal environmental hazards associated with this development, a closer look at metal levels in wildlife is desirable. The effect of elevated concentrations of trace metals upon laboratory animals, fish and man have been studied and many articles and reviews published but almost nothing has been said of increases in trace metals in the diets or tissues of wild terrestrial herbivores. In only a few cases has mention even been made of the levels of different elements in wildlife tissues. Most heavy metals are selectively concentrated in the liver and kidneys. These organs are, therefore, the preferred heavy metal reservoirs in studies of animal burdens and were used in this investigation.