Table 2.
Mean concentrations (± SE) ppm of heavy metals concentration in House Crow, Common Myna and House Sparrow among the study sites
Rawalakot | Hajira | Abbaspur | Dreak | Kruskal–Wallis test on difference (p value) | |
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House Crow | |||||
Lead (ppm) | 0.74 ± 0.48AB | 0.78 ± 0.58A | 0.02 ± 0.10B | 1.05 ± 0.89A | 0.006 |
Nickel (ppm) | 0.18 ± 1.05A | 0.76 ± 0.84AB | 0.27 ± 0.69A | 1.70 ± 0.77B | 0.000 |
Chromium (ppm) | 0.21 ± 0.03 | 0.18 ± 0.05 | 0.16 ± 0.04 | 0.26 ± 0.14 | 0.070 |
Myna | |||||
Lead (ppm) | 1.76 ± 0.71A | 0.64 ± 0.17BC | 0.19 ± 0.70C | 1.06 ± 0.45AB | 0.000 |
Nickel (ppm) | 0.90 ± 0.62A | 0.05 ± 0.16B | 0.08 ± 0.60B | 0.85 ± 0.56A | 0.000 |
Chromium (ppm) | 0.22 ± 0.01 | 0.25 ± 0.02 | 0.26 ± 0.16 | 0.26 ± 0.08 | 0.837 |
House Sparrow | |||||
Lead (ppm) | 0.54 ± 0.5A | 2.25 ± 1.57B | 1.15 ± 0.67AB | 0.72 ± 0.47A | 0.002 |
Nickel (ppm) | 0.61 ± 0.52AB | 1.36 ± 1.39B | 0.04 ± 0.47A | 0.05 ± 0.40A | 0.004 |
Chromium (ppm) | 0.16 ± 0.05 | 0.21 ± 0.03 | 0.18 ± 0.02 | 0.20 ± 0.03 | 0.057 |
Overall | |||||
Lead (ppm) | 1.01 ± 0.78AB | 1.23 ± 1.19A | 0.46 ± 0.74B | 0.95 ± 0.64AB | 0.012 |
Nickel (ppm) | 0.56 ± 0.80A | 0.60 ± 1.15A | 0.05 ± 0.59B | 0.87 ± 0.89A | 0.001 |
Chromium (ppm) | 0.20 ± 0.04 | 0.21 ± 0.04 | 0.20 ± 0.10 | 0.24 ± 0.10 | 0.198 |
Similar superscripts in row are considered as non significant