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. 2021 Mar 20;106(5):805–811. doi: 10.1007/s00128-021-03184-w

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)
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