title: Contamination status and accumulation characteristics of metals and a metalloid in birds on Teuri Island, Hokkaido, Japan.
abstract: Teuri Island, Hokkaido in Japan is an important place for seabirds breeding. We measured the concentrations of heavy metals (Hg, Cd, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Pb) and a metalloid (As) in rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) (n = 7), thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) (n = 2), spectacled guillemot (Cepphus carbo) (n = 6), slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus) (n = 15), jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) (n = 3), Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica) (n = 6) and Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus azonus) (n = 2). Spectacled guillemot had high As concentrations, with its source being their feeding habitat. Concentration of Hg in kidney of jungle crow was higher than other seabird species at Teuri.
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikenaka
authors.forename: Shouta M M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Yuya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanuki
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Yared Beyene
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Yohannes
authors.forename: Hazuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizukawa
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishizuka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000378:metabolism*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D007564:Japan; D058955:Metalloids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D058955:Metalloids; D008670:Metals