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SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 29, Issue 1, Pages 366-370Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.08.106
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Heavy metals; Biomonitoring; Little egret; Flame Atomic Absorption; Spectrophotometer; Food web contaminations
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- King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [RSP-2021/173]
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This study analyzed heavy metals in little egret, finding that they are sensitive indicators of heavy metal presence in the environment. The research revealed higher levels of metals in sediments, posing environmental concerns and a marginal health risk to life.
This study analysed heavy metals from little egret (Egretta garzetta). Egret's Eggs, egg shells, food (fish and insects), blood, meat samples (thigh, liver, and chest), water, soil and sediments samples were collected from the two selected sites of the study area. Samples were analysed on flame atomic absorption spectrometer after acid digestion. Detected metals were found almost inline of concentrations when compared with the both sites. Among detected metals Mn was found higher in concentration (mg/g) i.e. 18.509 followed by Zn i.e. 9.383, Ni, Cu, Pb and Cd. Sediment exhibited higher levels (mg/g) of metals (25.061) followed by the meat (19.044) egrets food (18.825), excreta (16.26), blood serums (4.577), eggs (3.626) and water samples (2.432).The level of metals in sediments of the study are showed environmental concerns. Health risks were also investigated that were compared to guidelines of WHO and FAO threshold limits. It was found a marginal health risk to life through detected metals. This study revealed that little egret are good bio-indicator for the screening and investigation of contaminates presence in the environment. (c) 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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