PMID- 28039891
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190722
LR  - 20190722
IS  - 1051-0761 (Print)
IS  - 1051-0761 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017 Mar
TI  - Atmospheric deposition exposes Qinling pandas to toxic pollutants.
PG  - 343-348
LID - 10.1002/eap.1494 [doi]
AB  - The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is one of the most endangered animals in 
      the world, and it is recognized worldwide as a symbol for conservation. A 
      previous study showed that wild and captive pandas, especially those of the 
      Qinling subspecies, were exposed to toxicants in their diet of bamboo; the 
      ultimate origin of these toxicants is unknown. Here we show that atmospheric 
      deposition is the most likely origin of heavy metals and persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) in the diets of captive and wild Qinling pandas. Average 
      atmospheric deposition was 199, 115, and 49 g.m(-2) .yr(-1) in the center of 
      Xi'an City, at China's Shaanxi Wild Animal Research Center (SWARC), and at Foping 
      National Nature Reserve (FNNR), respectively. Atmospheric deposition of heavy 
      metals (As, Cd, Cr, Pb, Hg, Co, Cu, Zn, Mn, and Ni) and POPs was highest at Xi'an 
      City, intermediate at SWARC, and lowest at FNNR. Soil concentrations of the 
      aforementioned heavy metals other than As and Zn also were significantly higher 
      at SWARC than at FNNR. Efforts to conserve Qinling pandas may be compromised by 
      air pollution attendant to China's economic development. Improvement of air 
      quality and reductions of toxic emissions are urgently required to protect 
      China's iconic species.
CI  - (c) 2017 by the Ecological Society of America.
FAU - Chen, Yi-Ping
AU  - Chen YP
AD  - SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 
      710075, China.
FAU - Zheng, Ying-Juan
AU  - Zheng YJ
AD  - SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 
      710075, China.
AD  - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
FAU - Liu, Qiang
AU  - Liu Q
AD  - SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 
      710075, China.
FAU - Song, Yi
AU  - Song Y
AD  - SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 
      710075, China.
FAU - An, Zhi-Sheng
AU  - An ZS
AD  - SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 
      710075, China.
FAU - Ma, Qing-Yi
AU  - Ma QY
AD  - Shaanxi Wild Animal Research Center, Zhouzhi, Xi'an, 710402, China.
FAU - Ellison, Aaron M
AU  - Ellison AM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4151-6081
AD  - Harvard Forest, Harvard University, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, 
      Massachusetts, 01366, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20170302
PL  - United States
TA  - Ecol Appl
JT  - Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America
JID - 9889808
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Metals, Heavy)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Diet
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Metals, Heavy/*analysis
MH  - Ursidae/*metabolism
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Conservation biology
OT  - POPs pollution
OT  - Qingling panda
OT  - air pollution
OT  - atmospheric deposition
OT  - heavy metals
EDAT- 2017/01/01 06:00
MHDA- 2019/07/23 06:00
CRDT- 2017/01/01 06:00
PHST- 2016/05/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/11/11 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/11/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/01/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/07/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/01/01 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/eap.1494 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ecol Appl. 2017 Mar;27(2):343-348. doi: 10.1002/eap.1494. Epub 2017 Mar 2.