Studies on heavy metal concentration mechanisms in wildlife bodies and attempt to the evaluation of ecological effects

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18710024
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: WATANABE Izumi Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 大学院共生科学技術研究院, 准教授 (30302912)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Keywords: 生態系影響評価 / 重金属蓄積

Research Abstract

解決の求められる環境汚染物質である重金属類を高濃度で蓄積・濃縮する野生生物の蓄積メカニズムを解明し、その生態影響評価を試みた。数種の植物や、タイワンリス、ジャワマングース、ニホンジカの重金属濃縮を明らかにし、ハクビシンの疥癬との関係から生態影響評価を試みた。また、アジアで採取された魚類の分析からスリランカ等での重金属汚染の影響が懸念された。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Subcellular distribution and potential detoxification mechanisms of mercury in the liver of the Javan mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) in Amamioshima Island, Japan (2008)
  • Author(s): Horai, S., Furukawa, T., Ando, T., Akiba, S., Takeda, Y., Yamada, K., Kuno, K., Abe, S., Watanabe, I.
  • Journal Title: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27(6) Pages: 1354-1360
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 汚染物質の生態評価,野生動物に対する影響解明への適用の試み (2008)
  • Author(s): 渡邉 泉
  • Journal Title: 哺乳類科学 48(1) Pages: 7169-7174
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 所沢市及びその周辺地域における産業廃棄物焼却当時の重金属汚染実態 (2007)
  • Author(s): 尾崎宏和,渡邉 泉,依田昌晃,柳沼佑貴,北浦恵美,久野勝治
  • Journal Title: 人間と環境 33(3) Pages: 103-114
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Accumulation of trace elements used in semiconductor industry in Formosan squirrel, as a bio-indicator of their exposure, living in Taiwan (2007)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, Y., Watanabe, I., Oshida, T., Chen, Y-J., Lin, L-K., Wang, Y-H., Yang, K-C. and Kuno, K.
  • Journal Title: Chemosphere 68(7) Pages: 1270-1279
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Trace element accumulations in 13 avian species collected from the Kanto area, Japan (2007)
  • Author(s): Horai, S., Watanabe, I., Takada, H., Iwamizu, Y., Hayashi, T., Tanabe, S. and Kuno, K.
  • Journal Title: Science of the Total Environment 373 Pages: 512-525
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 金属の毒性 (2007)
  • Author(s): 渡邉 泉
  • Journal Title: Safety Engineering 145 Pages: 7-12
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Accumulation of Hg and other heavy metals in the Javan mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) captured on Amamioshima Island, Japan (2006)
  • Author(s): Horai, S., Minagawa, M., Ozaki, H., Watanabe, I., Takeda, Y., Yamada, K., Ando, T., Akiba, S., Abe, S. and Kuno, K.
  • Journal Title: Chemosphere 65 Pages: 657-665
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Characteristics of cadmium accumulation and tolerance in novel Cd- accumulating crops, Avena strigosa and Crotalaria juncea (2006)
  • Author(s): Uragichi, S., Watanabe, I., Yoshitomi, A., Kiyono, M. and Kuno, K.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Experimental Botany 57(12) Pages: 2955-2965
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Trace elements accumulation and their variations with growth, sex and habitat: Effects on Formosan squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus) (2006)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, Y., Watanabe, I., Tanabe, S. and Kuno, K.
  • Journal Title: Chemosphere 64 Pages: 1296-1310
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 水銀による魚介類汚染の実態と問題点 (2008)
  • Author(s): 渡邉 泉,平岡香保利,小野塚春吉
  • Organizer: 日本科学者会議第17 回総合学術研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛知県名古屋市
  • Year and Date: 20081100
• [Presentation] 東京都内の2 ヶ所の公園で採取された沼ガメ類の微量元素レベルと組成差 (2007)
  • Author(s): 渡邉 泉, 河内惇, 鈴木美成, 稲田征治,久野勝治, 神澤良子, 佐藤方博
  • Organizer: 第16 回環境化学討論会
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡県北九州市
  • Year and Date: 20070600
• [Book] カドミウム(詳細リスク評価書シリーズ13) (第IX章 外部レビュアーの意見書と筆者らの対応) (ed. 中西準子,小野恭子,蒲生昌志,宮本賢一) (pp.326-335) (2008)
  • Author(s): 渡邉 泉, 他
  • Total Pages: 326-335
  • Publisher: 丸善株式会社
• [Book] In Chemical Pollution and Environmental Changes (Trace element accumulation in the Formosan squirrel living in Taiwan: the pollution caused by semiconductor industries and atomospheric exposure.) (ed. Tanabe, S., Takeoka, H, Isobe, T. and Nishibe, Y.) (pp.221-224) (2007)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, Y., Watanabe, I., Oshida, T., Lin, L-K., Wang, Y-H. and Kuno, K.
  • Total Pages: 221-224
  • Publisher: Universal Academic Press, Inc.