Analyses were made of heavy metals, manganese, nickel, copper, zinc and lead in water samples and soft body, shell and different tissues (gills, digestive glands, mantle and viscera) of the Unionid mussel, Lamellidens marginalb, collected from two tributaries of the Cauvery river. Water samples from Station I contained higher concentrations of the metals than those from Station 11. The concentration of metals in water at both stations were in the descending order: Mn > Zn > Pb > Ni > Cu. However, the concentrations of metals in the soft body were in the descending order: Z n > M n > P b > N i > C u at both stations in all size groups of mussels tested. The concentration of zinc maintained a linear relationship with the size of the mussels, but manganese showed a reverse trend. Small size (4-5 cm) mussels accumulated more manganese (105.5 pg.g-' dry wt.) than larger ones (7-8cm; 6.5 pg.g-' dry wt.). Both young and old r-1;-ts accumulate the same level of lead, copper and nickel in the soft body. The order of concentratiom of metals (Mn, Pb, Zn, Ni and Cu) in the shell of mussels from both stations coincided with the order of concentrations of background water except for lead. The accumulation of lead was higher in shell (30.4-36.2 pg.g-' dry wt.) than in soft body (6.4-12.0 pg.g-' dry wt.). The pattern of concentration of metals in the various tissues reveal that the digestive glands have greater ability than other tissues to concentrate most metals under study. The concentration factors for soft body, shell and different tissues are presented. The advantages in using the common mussel for biomonitoring of contaminants in water is also discussed.
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