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Stephanie A Cunningham1, Jacqueline L Frair1, Paul G Jensen2
1Department of Environmental Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
The Science of the total environment
|May 15, 2025
概括
抗凝固 rodenticides (ARs) 在渔民 (Pekania pennanti) 中普遍存在,每年暴露量增加. 成年男性暴露率更高,受种子生产和人类密度等因素的影响.
科学领域:
- 野生动物毒理学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
背景情况:
- 抗凝固 rodenticides (ARs) 通过二次中毒对非目标野生动物,特别是野生食肉动物构成风险.
- 暴露往往与城市附近有关,但农村AR使用也会导致二次暴露,其来源难以确定.
- 像杆播种这样的脉冲资源可以影响小哺乳动物种群,可能会影响渔民等捕食者的AR暴露.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查纽约州渔民 (Pekania pennanti) 对抗凝血剂杀剂 (AR) 暴露的模式.
- 为了确定生态因素 (杆播种) 和渔民特征 (年龄,性别) 是否影响AR暴露.
- 评估这种脆弱物种对AR暴露的时间趋势.
主要方法:
- 在森林覆盖梯度 (2018-2020年) 上,合法捕捞的渔民 (n=338) 中量化AR化合物.
- 基于渔民的性别,年龄和空间共变量的模型AR化合物检测概率和总数.
- 评估了木种子生产对麦醇暴露的影响.
主要成果:
- 83%的渔民检测到1-5个AR化合物;每年约8%的暴露增加.
- 成年渔民 (3-4岁) 和男性的暴露率最高.
- 增加前一年的种子生产与更高的布罗马迪奥隆暴露率相关.
结论:
- 在渔民中,AR暴露很普遍,而且在增加,这表明环境污染广泛.
- 渔民的年龄和性别,以及像杆播种这样的生态因素,影响AR暴露风险.
- 了解AR使用模式及其生态相互作用对于减轻野生动物暴露至关重要.
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