Relationship betwween weight age and hatching success and the concentrtion of heavy metals in nestling blue macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus Latham, 1790) in he Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul.

• Autor(a) principal: MARCHESI, M. D.
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: ROSSI, J. L., GUEDES, N. M. R., CARNEIRO, M. T. W. D., ENDRINGER, D. C., CAMARGO FILHO, C. B.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
• Texto Completo: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1042231
• topic: Blue macaw; Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus; Inorganic elements; Bioindicators; Minimally invasive methods; Arara azul; Pistacídeo; Elemento inorgânico; Bioindicador; Método minimamente invasivo; Contaminante ambiental; Ave silvestre; Psitaciforme; Sangue; Poluição; Parrots; Blood; Pollution; Reproduction; Wild birds; Psittaciformes

The concentration of heavy metals (Cr, Fe, Al, As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Mo, Ni, Se and Zn) was evaluated in the blood of nestling blue macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) captured in the Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul (n=26) in 2012; this was based on the ypothesis that these birds exhibit levels of these heavy metals in their organism and that these interfere in hatching success, weight and age of the chicks. Blood samples were digested with nitric acid and hydrochloric acid and the quantification of metals was performed by ICP-OES (Optical Emission Spectroscopy and Inductively Coupled Plasma). Blood samples of nestlings showed concentrations of Cr (0.10μg/g) Fe (3.06μg/g) Al (3.46μg/g), Cd (0.25μg/g) Cu (0.74μg/g), Mo (0.33μg/g), Ni (0.61μg/g), Se (0.98μg/g), and Zn (2.08μg/g). The levels of heavy metals found were not associated with weight, age and hatching success of the chicks.