HEAVY METALS AND METALLOTHIONEIN IN VESPERTILIONID BATS FORAGING OVER AQUATIC HABITATS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

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PIKULA Jiří ZUKAL Jan BANDOUCHOVÁ Hana BEKLOVÁ Miroslava HÁJKOVÁ Pavlína HORÁKOVÁ Jana KIZEK René VALENTÍKOVÁ Lucie

Rok publikování 2010
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Přírodovědecká fakulta

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Obor Zoologie
Klíčová slova Microchiroptera; Insect foraging; Metallic elements; Bioaccumulation.
Popis There has been growing interest in the study and conservation of bats throughout the world. Declines in their absolute numbers in recent decades are due, in part, to the fact that insectivorous bats may bioaccumulate toxic pollutants. The purpose of the present study was to quantify heavy metal concentrations in kidney, liver, and pectoral muscle samples in relation to metallothionein (MT) levels. In total, 106 bats belonging to 11 European species (i.e., Myotis myotis, Myotis daubentonii, Myotis brandtii, Myotis nattereri, Myotis emarginatus, Myotis mystacinus, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Pipistrellus nathusii, Pipistrellus pygmaeus, Nyctalus noctulla, Eptesicus serotinus) were used for the study. The highest MT levels were found in Pipistrellus pipistrellus. High MT levels were also found in juvenile bats and aquatic-insect-foraging species. Cadmium was found only in the liver and kidney of Myotis myotis, except for a solitary finding in Pipistrellus pipistrellus.
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