Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2002

Seiten: 153-158

Zeitschrift: Science of the Total Environment

Bandnummer: 296

Heftnummer: 1-3

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00073-6

Verlag: Elsevier

Abstract: 

We determined lead concentrations in antlers (n=132) of roe
bucks ≥2 years of age, killed between 1951 and 1999 in the northern Ruhr
area, Germany. The lead content of the antlers ranged between 0.6 and
19.0 mg/kg dry weight of bone, and overall markedly declined over the
study period. As a consequence, mean lead levels in younger samples were
always significantly (P<0.001) lower than those in older
ones (for the periods: 1951–1969, 1970–1979, 1980–1989 and 1990–1999).
Annual mean antler lead concentrations were positively correlated (r_s=0.74, P<0.001)
with annual mean lead concentrations in airborne particulate matter of
the Rhine-Ruhr area during the period 1974–1999. The findings of the
present study underscore that roe deer antlers are well suited for a
monitoring of temporal trends in environmental lead levels in a
cost-effective way.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Kierdorf, H. and Kierdorf, U. (2002) Reconstruction of a decline of ambient lead levels in the Ruhr area (Germany) by studying lead concentrations in antlers of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), Science of the Total Environment, 296(1-3), pp. 153-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00073-6

APA-Zitierstil: Kierdorf, H., & Kierdorf, U. (2002). Reconstruction of a decline of ambient lead levels in the Ruhr area (Germany) by studying lead concentrations in antlers of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Science of the Total Environment. 296(1-3), 153-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00073-6