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NITTA Yumiko
Department Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Health Sciences Position Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2020/10 |
| Type | Articles |
| Peer Review | With peer review |
| Title | Wildlife as a Biomonitoring Model of Terrestrial Cadmium (Cd): Kidneys of Female Wildlife
Reflecting the Environmental Cd. |
| Contribution Type | Co-Authored Publication |
| Journal | Journal of Environmental Information Science |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Publisher | Center for Environmental Information Science(http://www.ceis.or.jp/) |
| Volume, Issue, Pages | 2020(1),pp.45-55 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Author and coauthor | ◎Nitta Y. and Katoh K. |
| Details | Information on anthropogenic heavy metals in local area is important for the evaluation of public health, food hygine and ecosystem. The concentrations of Cd and Zn in pteridophytes, farm plants and wildlife were investigated in a narrow area for 3 years from 2017 to 2019.Pteridophytes concentrated the two kinds of metals exponentially with a constant ratio of 1 to 106±79 for Cd to Zn. Foodstuff of the residents in the study area contained less than 0.025mg/kg of Cd and 89.0mg/kg of Zn. The wildlife symbiotic with residents accumulated Cd chronically in kidney utmost 20.6 mg/kg during their lifespan. These wildlife especially female raccoon dogs could be the primary element reflecting environmental Cd in the local area.These data should be useful for the risk assessment of heavy metals in the local area and risk communication of wildlife among residents, hunters and researchers. |
| URL for researchmap | http://www.ceis.or.jp/ |