Heavy metal accumulation in lizards living near a phosphate treatment plant: possible transfer of contaminants from aquatic to terrestrial food webs

We investigated the accumulation of heavy metals in Bosk’s fringe-toed lizards ( Acanthodactylus boskianus ) living in Gabès region (southeastern Tunisia), in relation to habitat, diet, and distance from the Gabès-Ghannouche factory complex of phosphate treatment. More specifically, we compared the...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2017-05, Vol.24 (13), p.12009-12014
Main Authors: Nasri, Intissar, Hammouda, Abdessalam, Hamza, Foued, Zrig, Ahlem, Selmi, Slaheddine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acanthodactylus
Accumulation
Amphipoda
Animals
Aquatic plants
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Pollution: Possibilities and Future Challenges
Cadmium
Chemical Industry
Contaminants
Dunes
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental Monitoring
Food Chain
Food chains
Food contamination
Food contamination & poisoning
Food plants
Food webs
Habitats
Heavy metals
Ingestion
Invertebrates
Kidneys
Laboratories
Lacertilia
Lead
Liver
Lizards
Metal concentrations
Metals, Heavy - analysis
Phosphates
Pollution
Reptiles
Stomach
Storage organs
Terrestrial ecosystems
Terrestrial environments
Tunisia
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
Water Pollution Control
Zinc
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Summary:We investigated the accumulation of heavy metals in Bosk’s fringe-toed lizards ( Acanthodactylus boskianus ) living in Gabès region (southeastern Tunisia), in relation to habitat, diet, and distance from the Gabès-Ghannouche factory complex of phosphate treatment. More specifically, we compared the concentrations of cadmium, lead, and zinc in the stomach contents and samples of the liver, kidney, and tail from lizards living in four sites corresponding to different combinations of habitat (coastal dunes vs backshore) and distance from the factory complex (
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-015-5390-x