Table 1.
Thallium concentration (mg/kg d.w.) in the livers, kidneys, bones, muscles, and skin of adult toads as well as in the bodies of juveniles from the BUK and the CHE ponds
| BUK (polluted) | CHE (control) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x ± SD (range) | N | n (%) | x ± SD (range) | N | n (%) | ANOVA | |
| Livers |
3.98 ± 3.69a (0.834–18.63) |
29 |
28 (96.6 %) |
0.27 ± 0.43 (<0.005–121) |
20 |
1 (5 %) |
F = 19.85 p < 0.0001 |
| Kidneys |
1.24 ± 1.57bc (<0.025–4.69) |
29 |
11 (37.9 %) |
0.09 ± 0.30 (<0.005–1.34) |
29 |
1 (5 %) |
F = 7.57 p < 0.01 |
| Bones |
1.39 ± 1.40b (<0.005–6.76) |
29 |
17 (58.6 %) |
0.03 ± 0.09 (<0.005–0.43) |
20 | 0 |
F = 18.81 p < 0.001 |
| Muscles |
0.82 ± 0.80c (<0.005–2.9) |
27 |
9 (31.0 %) |
0.02 ± 0.06 (<0.005–0.25) |
20 | 0 |
F = 20.44 p < 0.0001 |
| Skin |
1.49 ± 1.18b (<0.005–3.64) |
14 | 8 (57.1 %) |
0.01 ± 0.02 (<0.005–0.06) |
11 | 0 | |
| Juveniles |
0.57 ± 0.78 (<0.005–1.79) |
8 | <0.005 | ||||
Superscript letters represent results of Tukey’s test (<0.05)
N number of studied individuals, n (%) number of individuals with Tl conc. >1 mg/kg d.w. and percent of total number of the samples, x ± SD mean value and standard deviation, ANOVA comparison of the BUK and CHE samples