Publications by authors named "Kamila Novotna Kruzikova"
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- Heavy metals, particularly mercury, are toxic to many organisms, and while various species are monitored for environmental mercury levels, bats have been largely overlooked.
- This study focused on measuring total mercury in the fur, flight membrane, and muscles of greater mouse-eared bats from two locations in the Czech Republic and found varying mercury levels, with some fur samples exceeding toxicity limits.
- Results revealed significant differences in mercury concentration between the two study sites and highlighted the influence of age on mercury levels in all examined tissues, demonstrating that bat fur can be an effective indicator for assessing environmental mercury pollution.
Mercury belongs among the highly hazardous substances present in the environment and represents a great health risk for many animals including predatory and piscivorous birds. The aim of this study was to assess the total mercury content in the main detoxifying organs (liver and kidney) and in the muscles of adult great cormorants () caught at two localities (the Krogulna ponds and the Nysa Kłodzka River) in southern Poland. The aim was to compare the locality with the iron ore mining history (the Krogulna ponds) with a site without such load (the Nysa Kłodzka River).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study focused on the total mercury content in fish from seven drinking-water reservoirs located in the Morava River Basin: Bojkovice, Boskovice, Hubenov, Karolinka, Landstejn, Ludkovice and Nova Rise in the Czech Republic. A total of 308 fish were collected for the analysis. The content of total mercury was measured in the muscle tissue of bream, roach and perch using atomic absorption spectrometry and varied from 0.
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