Abstract:Abstract: Heavy metal pollution has become a global hotspot, causing serious damage to wildlife and environment. The heavy metals in wild animals are mostly from food chains. The plants absorb heavy metal ions and their compounds from air and soil. When the plants are eaten, heavy metals can be enriched in herbivores. They are passed among wild animals and eventually enter their bodies, thereby causing serious harm to them. Excessive amount of heavy metals stored in the body can cause reproductive disorders in birds, reduce their population size, and also affect their behavior. Excessive heavy metals in the body can also do great harm to mammalian bone development and reproductive health, having an impact on mammalian reproduction. Herein, the effects of heavy metal pollution on the growth and development of wild birds and mammals, the enrichment mechanism of heavy metals in the process of biological chain transfer and their toxicological molecular mechanisms were reviewed, which would provide theoretical basis for prevention and management of heavy metal pollution.
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王祥生, 娄 虎, 张明海. 野生动物重金属污染研究进展[J]. 生命科学研究, 2019, 23(1): 78-86.
WANG Xiang-sheng, LOU Hu, ZHANG Ming-hai. Advances in Heavy Metal Pollution in Wildlife. Life Science Research, 2019, 23(1): 78-86.