caa a22 4500 378895516 CHVBK 20180305123505.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20041201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/mamm.2004.044 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/mamm.2004.044 Aerial deposition of cadmium before and after the closure of an oil-fired power station in the vicinity of two nursery roosts of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae) [Elektronische Daten] [Margaret M. Andrews, Jane Allen] Aerial deposition of cadmium has been monitored from 1994-1995 to the present by extraction of cadmium from petroleum jelly coated onto ceramic tiles placed near two nursery roosts and in the foraging area of greater horseshoe bats, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum. The mean cadmium deposit from aerial precipitation recorded in the area from 1994-1995 at locations which were upwind of the power station was 0.11 ± 0.05 mg/kg/mm rain per day compared with 1.01 ± 1.60 mg/kg/mm rain per day at locations downwind. After the oil-fired power station closed in 1996 subsequent analysis from 1998-2000 showed a slight increase in cadmium precipitation at upwind locations (0.22 ± 0.06 mg/kg/mm rain per day) but a decrease at the downwind locations (0.32 ± 0.07 mg/kg/mm rain per day). After closure of the oilfired power station near the bat roosts the aerial deposition of cadmium downwind was reduced but continued monitoring of the cadmium precipitation in the area is indicated since cadmium deposition still occurs. The deposits of cadmium have not had a major impact on the number of adult bats which have increased from 1994 to 2000. The findings made in this study have implications for conservation of the greater horseshoe bats which are at the Northern limit of their distribution. Copyright 2004, Walter de Gruyter Cadmium nationallicence Chiroptera nationallicence oil-fired power station nationallicence Rhinolophus nationallicence roosts nationallicence Andrews Margaret M. 1. School of Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF (United Kingdom) m.m.andrews@livjm.ac.uk aut Allen Jane 2. School of Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University,Liverpool L3 3AF (United Kingdom) aut Mammalia Walter de Gruyter 68/4(2004-12-01), 437-444 0025-1461 68:4<437 2004 68 mamm https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2004.044 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2004.044 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Andrews Margaret M. 1. School of Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF (United Kingdom) m.m.andrews@livjm.ac.uk aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Allen Jane 2. School of Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University,Liverpool L3 3AF (United Kingdom) aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Mammalia Walter de Gruyter 68/4(2004-12-01), 437-444 0025-1461 68:4<437 2004 68 mamm CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter