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MAMMALS AND BIRDS AS BIOINDICATORS OF TRACE ELE...

The population explosion that began in the 1960s has been accompanied by a decrease in the
quality of the natural environment  e.g. pollution of the air  water and soil with essential
and toxic trace elements. Numerous poisonings of people and animals with highly toxic
anthropogenic Hg and Cd in the 20th century prompted the creation of the abiotic environment 
mainly in developed countries. However  the system is insufficient for long-term exposure to
low concentrations of various substances that are mainly ingested through food and water. This
problem could be addressed by the monitoring of sentinels - organisms that accumulate trace
elements and as such reflect the rate and degree of environmental pollution. Usually these are
long-lived vertebrates - herbivorous  omnivorous and carnivorous birds and mammals  especially
game species. This book describes the responses of the sentinels most commonly used in
ecotoxicological studies to 17 trace elements.

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