Total and methyl mercury contents and distribution characteristics in cicada, Cryptotympana atrata (Fabricius).
Total and methyl mercury concentrations of cicada bodies, wings, and exuviae were investigated to study the mercury distribution characteristics. Results indicated that total and methyl mercury concentrations of cicada bodies were 2.64 mg/kg and 123.93 ng/g on average, respectively. In cicada tissues, total mercury concentrations were found to increase in the order of exuviae (0.50 mg/kg on average) < wings (0.98 mg/kg on average) < cicada bodies (2.64 mg/kg on average) and methyl mercury concentrations of cicada bodies were 123.93 ng/g on average and were the highest. Methyl mercury concentrations accounted for about 4.69% of total mercury in cicada bodies and most mercury was in inorganic forms in cicada. Sex differences of total mercury concentrations were significantly great (F = 8.433, p < 0.01) and total mercury concentrations of the males, which were 3.38 mg/kg on average, were much higher. Correlation analysis showed that neither total nor methyl mercury concentrations of cicada bodies was significantly related to the corresponding contents of soil (r = 0.0598, p > 0.05).
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Dongmei
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Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Eco-Remediation, Ministry of Education, Shenyang University, 110044 Shenyang, People's Republic of China. zhengdongmei126@163.com
Zhang
Zhongsheng
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Wang
Qichao
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D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008767:Methylmercury Compounds / Q000032:analysis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000378:metabolism
D008767:Methylmercury Compounds; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D008628:Mercury
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