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| Titel: |
A Dietary Assessment of Selenium Risk to Aquatic Birds on a Coal Mine Affected Stream in Alberta, Canada |
| Auteur: |
Wayland, Mark Casey, Richard Woodsworth, Eric |
| Verschenen in: |
Human and ecological risk assessment |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 13 (2007) nr. 4 pagina's 823-842 |
| Jaar: |
2007-07 |
| Inhoud: |
Selenium is a trace element of concern in the McLeod River basin downstream from two recently-closed coal mines in west-central Alberta, Canada. Aquatic birds breed on streams in the area and may be exposed to excessive amounts of selenium through their diets. In this article, we present the results of a dietary-based assessment of the risk that selenium may pose to two aquatic bird species, the American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) and the Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus), on one of the coal mine-affected streams, the Gregg River. The study consisted of (1) a literature-based toxicity assessment, (2) simulation of selenium exposure in the diets and eggs of the two species, and (3) a risk assessment that coupled information on toxicity and exposure. Diet and egg selenium concentrations associated with a 20% hatch failure rate were 6.4 and 17 μ g · g-1 dry wt, respectively. Simulated dietary selenium concentrations were about 2.0-2.5 μ g · g-1 higher on the Gregg River than on reference streams for both species. Simulated predicted egg concentrations averaged 2.0 and 1.4 μ g · g-1 higher on the Gregg River than on reference streams for American Dippers and Harlequin Ducks, respectively. When simulated dietary concentrations were considered, hatch failure rates on the Gregg River were predicted to average 12% higher in American Dippers and 8% higher in Harlequin Ducks than at reference streams. Corresponding values were only 3% for both species when predicted egg concentrations were used. Elevated levels of selenium in insects in some of the reference streams were unexpected and raised a question as to whether aquatic birds have evolved a higher tolerance level for dietary selenium in these areas. |
| Uitgever: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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