Trace Metals Concentration Study in Feathers of Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) for Pollution Monitoring in Central Iran (Case Study: Yazd City)
Subject Areas :
Environmental Toxicology
Hesan Akhavan Ghalibaf
1
,
Mohamad Hosein Iran Nejad Parizi
2
,
Farhad Nejadkoorki
3
,
Mahmoud Reza Hemami
4
,
Hamid Reza Azimzadeh
5
1 - M.Sc., Environmental Engineering, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental, Yazd University and Member of Environment Science and Technology Research Center of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran
4 - Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources, University of Technnology, Isfehan, Iran
5 - Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
Received: 2017-04-10
Accepted : 2017-06-14
Published : 2020-08-22
Keywords:
Trace metals,
Laughing dove feather,
Yazd,
urban environment,
Abstract :
Background and Purpose: Feathers as an excellent way to monitor trace metals in the environment from the 1960s have already been used. The aim of this study is using feather of laughing dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) as an indicator of urban environmental pollution.
Materials and Methods: The concentration of Cadmium, Lead, Copper and Zinc were evaluated from 58 laughing dove's feather samples from 19 different locations within the city of Yazd. Chemical digestion and atomic absorption spectrometer was used for measuring the concentration of trace metal. Weighing method by 0.001 g accuracy digital scale were used to study the index of two wing asymmetry.
Results: Mean concentration of Lead, Cadmium, Copper and Zinc were 20.13 ± 1.27 μg g-1, 0.85± 0.04 μg g-1, 15.56 ± 0.28 μg g-1 and 209.72 ± 8.77 μg g-1. Due to heterogeneity of human activity and structure in urban environment the concentration of trace metals (lead, cadmium and zinc) showed significant differences in different local scale regions. In this study correlation was observed between Lead and Cadmium with Zinc.
Discussion and Conclusions: Correlation pattern could simply result from correlated concentrations of these metals in the environment and could be a kind of positive feedback protection against Lead and Cadmium pollution. The results showed considerable trace metals absorption by laughing dove's feather that caused by human activity and efficiency of laughing dove's feather as an indicators of trace metal pollution in urban environment.
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Swaileh, K. M., & Sansur, R., 2006. Monitoring urban heavy metal pollution using the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Journal of Environmental Monitoring, Vol. 8, pp. 209–213.
Roux K.E, Marra P.P., 2007. The presence and impact of environmental lead in passerine birds along an urban to rural land use gradient. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Vol. 53, pp. 261–268.
Loranger, S., Demers, G., Kennedy, G., Forget, E. and Zayed, J., 1994. The Pigeons (Columba livia) as a monitor for manganese contamination from motor vehicles. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Vol. 27, pp. 311–317.
Burger, J. and Gochfeld, M., 2000. Metal levels in feathers of 12 species of seabirds from Midway Atoll in the northern Pacific Ocean. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 257, pp. 37–52.
Eeva, T., Lehikoinen, E., Ronka, M., 1998. Air pollution fades the plumage of the Great Tit. Functional. Ecology, Vol. 12, pp. 607-612.
Eeva, T., Belskii, E., Kuranov, B., 2006. Environmental pollution affects genetic diversity in wild bird populations. Mutation Research, Vol. 608, pp.8-15.
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Dauwe, T., Bervoets, L., Blust, R., Pinxten, R., & Eens, M., 2000. Can excrement and feathers of nestling songbirds be used as biomonitors for heavy metal pollution? Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Vol. 39, pp. 541–546.
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Zolfaghari, Gh., Esmaili-Sari, A. Ghasempouri, S.M., Baydokhti, R.R., Hassanzade Kiabi, H., 2009. A multispecies-monitoring study about bioaccumulation of mercury in Iranian birds (Khuzestan to Persian Gulf): Effect of taxonomic affiliation and trophic level. Environmental Research, Vol. 109, pp. 830-836.
Yousoghnia, H., 2015. Determination of heavy metals concentration in feathers of black kite (Milvus migrans) in north of Iran [master's thesis]. Behbahan: Khatam University of Technology. [In Persian]
Zarrintab, M., Mirzaei, R., Mostafaei, G., Dehghani, R., Akbari, H., 2016. Concentrations of metals in feathers of Magpie (Pica pica) from aran-o-bidgol city in central iran. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 96, pp. 465–471.
Brait, C. H. H., Antoniosi Filho, N. R., & Furtado, M. M., 2009. Utilization of wild animal hair for the environmental monitoring of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn. Quimica Nova, Vol. 32, pp. 1384–1388.
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Frantz, A., Federici, P., Legoupi, J., Jacquin, L., Gasparini, J., 2016. Sex-associated differences in trace metals concentrations in and on the plumage of a common urban bird species. Ecotoxicology, Vol. 1, pp. 9-22.
Frantz, A. Pottier, M. A. Karimi, B. Corbel, H. Aubry, E. Haussy, C. Gasparini, J. Castrec-Rouelle, M., 2012. Contrasting levels of heavy metals in the feathers of urban pigeons from close habitats suggest limited movements at a restricted scale. Environmental Pollution, Vol. 168, pp. 23-28.
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Helm B, Albrecht H., 2000. Human handedness causes directional asymmetry in avian wing length measurements. Animal Behaviour, Vol. 60, pp. 899–902.
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Abdullah, M., Fasola, M., Muhammad, A., Ahmad Malik, S., Boston, N., Bokhari, H., Kamran, M. A., Shafqat, M. N., Alamdar, A., Khan, M., Ali, N., Eqani, S. A. M. A. S., 2014. Avian feathers as a non-destructive bio-monitoring tool of trace metals signatures: A case study from severely contaminated areas. Chemosphere, Vol. 119, pp. 553-561.
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Saxena, D.K., Murthy, R.C., Singh, C., Chandra, S.V., 1989. Zinc protects testicular injury induced by concurrent exposure to cadmium and lead in rats. Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology, Vol. 64, pp. 317-329.
Said, L., Banni, M., Kerkeni, A., Said, K., Messaoudi, I., 2010. Influence of combined treatment with zinc and selenium on cadmium induced testicular pathophysiology in rat. Food and Chemical Toxicology, Vol. 48, pp. 2759-2765.
Hill, M.K., 2010. Understanding Environmental Pollution, third ed. Cambridge University Press.
Sayre, M. W. Basket, T. S. Sadler, K. C., 1980. Radiotelemetry studies of the Mourning Dove in Missouri. Jefferson City: Missouri Department of Conservation. Ser. 9.
Little, R.M. 1994. Marked dietary differences between sympatric feral rock doves and rock pigeons. South African Journal of Zoology, Vol. 29, pp. 33-35.
Sol, D., Senar, J.C., 1995. Urban pigeon populations: stability, home range, and the effect of removing individuals. Canadian Journal of Zoology, Vol. 73, pp. 1154-1160.
