Blunck, Susan

Frick, Faculty Advisor, Jeffrey

Harper, Faculty Advisor, Given

Hoffmann, Faculty Advisor, Stephen

Ozaki, Alex

Rueth, Sarah

Troxell, Patty

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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUJohn Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference 2008, 19th Annual JWP ConferenceApr 12th, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AMDetection of Heavy Metals in Kidney Tissue ofNorth American Grey Wolves (Canis Lupus) UsingInductively Coupled Plasma EmissionSpectrometrySusan BlunckIllinois Wesleyan UniversityPatty TroxellIllinois Wesleyan UniversitySarah RuethIllinois Wesleyan UniversityAlex OzakiIllinois Wesleyan UniversityStephen Hoffmann, Faculty AdvisorIllinois Wesleyan UniversitySee next page for additional authorsFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprcThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Blunck, Susan; Troxell, Patty; Rueth, Sarah; Ozaki, Alex; Hoffmann, Faculty Advisor, Stephen; Frick, Faculty Advisor,Jeffrey; and Harper, Faculty Advisor, Given, "Detection of Heavy Metals in Kidney Tissue of North American Grey Wolves(Canis Lupus) Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectrometry" (2008). John Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference. 2.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2008/posters/2Presenter InformationSusan Blunck; Patty Troxell; Sarah Rueth; Alex Ozaki; Stephen Hoffmann, Faculty Advisor; Jeffrey Frick,Faculty Advisor; and Given Harper, Faculty AdvisorThis event is available at Digital Commons @ IWU: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2008/posters/2THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE - APRIL 2008 Poster Presentation P3 DETECTION OF HEAVY METALS IN KIDNEY TISSUE OF NORTH AMERICAN GREY WOLVES (CANIS LUPUS) USING INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA EMISSION SPECTROMETRY Susan Blunck, Patty Troxell, Sarah Rueth, Alex Ozaki and Stephen Hoffmann*, Jeffrey Frick*, and Given Harper* Chemistry and Biology Departments, Illinois Wesleyan University Sizeable grey wolf (Canis lupus) populations in North America are currently found in Alaska, Canada, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Since the grey wolf is at the top of its food chain, biomagnification may cause this species to contain high levels of some heavy metals, especially in areas where minerals have been extracted. However, no studies have documented heavy metal contamination in grey wolves throughout their North American range, which is the purpose of this collaborative study with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and with state and Canadian wildlife agencies. Wolves were either found dead or were collected via lethal control methods and hunting from 2005 to 2007. The presence of heavy metals in wolf kidneys was determined via Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectrometry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 120 kidneys were analyzed for aluminum, cadmium, copper, iron, lead and zinc. Differences in concentration levels due to sex and location will be evaluated; furthermore, a regression analysis will be used to assess possible relationships among heavy metals. The knowledge gained from this study may have implications for other top endangered predators in North America [e.g., red wolves (Canis rufus), Mexican grey wolves (Canis lupus baileyi), grizzly bears (Ursus arctos), and polar bears (Ursus maritimus)] .  

Detection of Heavy Metals in Kidney Tissue of North American Grey Wolves (\u3cem\u3eCanis Lupus\u3c/em\u3e) Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectrometry

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Detection of Heavy Metals in Kidney Tissue of North American Grey Wolves (\u3cem\u3eCanis Lupus\u3c/em\u3e) Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectrometry

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