Publication: Lead in terrestrial game birds from Spain
Authors
Romero García, Diego ; José, Antonio de ; Theureau, Juan M. ; Ferrer, Andrés ; Raigón, María D. ; Torregrosa, Juan B.
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Publisher
Springer
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06827-y
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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© Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Environmental Science and Pollution Research. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06827-y
Abstract
We analysed exposure to Pb and its relationship with lead-based ammunition in seven species of terrestrial game birds—
common woodpigeon (Columba palumbus), rock dove (Columba livia), stock dove (Columba oenas), European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur), red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa), Barbary partridge (Alectoris barbara) and common
quail (Coturnix coturnix)—from rural and urban areas in different parts of Spain (Valencia, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla
y León, Madrid, Islas Canarias and Navarra). A total of 530 liver samples were analysed, and the presence of Pb pellets
was studied in the crop, gizzard and intestine; the state and appearance of these organs were also analysed. The number
of specimens suspected to have ingested Pb shot was 28 (5.6%), and the geometric mean concentration of hepatic Pb
was 0.054 μg g−1 (wet weight, ww). A low percentage of samples (4.8%) were above the abnormal exposure threshold
(0.65 μg g−1 ww), and, in these specimens, renal Pb concentrations were determined. Common woodpigeons and rock
doves from Madrid were found to have high concentrations of Pb in their livers, and, so, both species can be considered
to be good bioindicators of Pb contamination in rural (common woodpigeons) and urban (rock doves) environments.
Partridges bred for hunting may be more prone to ingesting pellets from the environment, a fact that should be taken into
account in management decisions.
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2020) 27:1585–1597
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