期刊名称:Journal of Materials and Environmental Science
印刷版ISSN:2028-2508
出版年度:2014
卷号:5
期号:3
页码:937-944
出版社:University of Mohammed Premier Oujda
摘要:This study aims to evaluate the impact of heavy metals such as Zinc, Lead and Cadmium on the living organisms in industrial and urban areas, using for the first time in Morocco , the blood of Passer domesticus (House sparrow) as a bio-indicator of pollution by metals. For this purpose,a blood collection was performedon 50 house sparrows (Passer domesticus) males and females,which were captured in five different sites of Rabat, (ten specimens by site), according to the road traffic and industrial activities, the results obtained indicate the presence of metals in all the analyzed samples: for Lead the highest levels were found in the town center > Kamra> algae >Agdal and the farm of Allal bureau (rural site for control). For Cadmium themo st significant concentrations were detected in Oulja > Town center > Agdal > Kamra and A baharoui. As for the Zinc the highest rates were registered in the form of Sidi Allal baharoui