Pollutant exposure at wastewater treatment works affects the detoxification organs of an urban adapter, the Banana Bat
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- 作者：Samantha Naidoo ; samantha.naidoo.ukzn@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Dalene Vosloo ; M. Corrie Schoeman
- 关键词：Neoromicia nana ; Wastewater pollutants ; Metallothionein ; Hepatosomatic/renalsomatic index ; Histopathology
- 刊名：Environmental Pollution
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：January 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：208
- 期：part_PB
- 页码：830-839
- 全文大小：1926 K
文摘
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We measured pollutant exposure effects on detoxification organs in bats.
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Iron, zinc, copper and potassium levels were altered in pollutant-exposed bats.
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There was no significant upregulation of metallothionein in liver or kidney.
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Pollutant-exposed bats had increased organ indices and histopathological lesions.
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These organ effects suggest health risks and increased mortality in the long-term.