I believe I can fly… but in polluted air, why? Bird feathers as an example of environmental contaminant monitoring
 
Yazarlar (7)
PaweŁ ŚwısŁowskı Uniwersytet Opolski, Polonya
Grzegorz Hebda Uniwersytet Opolski, Polonya
Inga Zinicovscaia Horia Hulubei National Institute For R&D İn Physics And Nuclear Engineering, Romanya
Omari Chaligava Moldova State University, Moldova
Doç. Dr. Öznur IŞINKARALAR Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Kaan IŞINKARALAR Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
MaŁgorzata Rajfur Uniwersytet Opolski, Polonya
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Science of the Total Environment (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 0048-9697 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 04-2025
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 972 / 1 / 179033–0 DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179033
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179033
Özet
Metallic element pollution is a global environmental problem, and it is important to study various local conditions to understand the mechanisms on a larger scale. Environmental contamination can be studied in many ways, but non-destructive techniques and methods that preserve the sample are increasingly gaining attention, especially in relation to studies on living organisms. The present study aimed to analyze the feathers of the great tit (Parus major) for Al, S, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Ba and Hg content. Discriminant analysis showed that according to elemental composition young females and males make separate groups. At the same time, old birds are in the same group. From principal component analysis (PCA), elements distribution depends on age and gender and sources of elements can be natural and anthropogenic. However, not all element accumulation was dependent on both parameters: Al …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Avian | Biomonitoring | Elements | External pollution | Parus major