Bioaccumulation of heavy metals by bivalves from Lim Fjord (North Adriatic Sea)

Martincié, D.; Nürnberg, H. W.; Stoeppler, M.; Branica, Marko

doi:10.1007/bf00393116

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“…Mac had the highest enrichment of Co, Fe, and Mn among these species and tissue concentrations ranged from 0.02 Ag/g to 0.76 Ag/g, from 5.45 Ag/g to 760.80 Ag/g, and from 0.74 Ag/g to 58.51 Ag/g, respectively. Cu concentration (0.98 Ag/g -146.85 Ag/g) and Zn concentration (5.09 Ag/g -550.12 Ag/g) in Rap and Cra were significantly higher than others, but there was no significant difference between the two species, which was similar to previous studies (Martincic et al, 1984;Han and Hung, 1990;Beliaeff et al, 1998). Cr contamination (0.07 Ag/g -3.24 Ag/g) in the Bohai Sea was not outstanding and the probable pollution sources might be its main use in alloys and the general chemical industries.…”

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Study on the contamination of heavy metals and their correlations in mollusks collected from coastal sites along the Chinese Bohai Sea

Wang

Liang

Shi

et al. 2005

Environment International

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Mollusks living in seas can accumulate heavy metals, and may serve as excellent passive biomonitors. During a period of 1 year, bioaccumulation of As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, and Zn was examined in nine kinds of mollusks (Rapana venosa, Neverita didyma, Scapharca subcrenata, Mytilus edulis, Amusium, Crassostrea talienwhanensis, Meretix meretrix, Ruditapes philippinarum, and Mactra veneriformis), which were collected at eight coastal sites along the Chinese Bohai Sea. Metal concentrations were directly determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS). Two certified reference materials, dogfish muscle (DORM-2) and mussel (GBW 08571), were used to validate the methods, and the recoveries were within 83.72 -112.30% of the certified values. Bioaccumulation of metals varied strongly among sampling sites and species. Statistical analysis (one-way ANOVA) indicated that different species examined showed different bioaccumulation of metals, and perhaps they could be used as potential biomonitors to investigate the contamination levels of heavy metals. Principal component analysis (PCA) and correlation analysis were used to study the relationships between these heavy metals. The results showed that, in nine mollusks' tissues, there are significant correlations between these elements in adjacent main group or subgroup in periodic table of elements. D

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Study on the contamination of heavy metals and their correlations in mollusks collected from coastal sites along the Chinese Bohai Sea

Wang

Liang

Shi

et al. 2005

Environment International

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“…However, many biological and environmental factors affect the rate and extent of bioaccumulation. Biological factors including differential growth rate (Cunningham & Tripp, 1975a;Boyden, 1977), reproductive stage (Cunningham & Tripp, 1975a;Frazier, 1975;Martincid et al, 1984), and general physiological condition, stress and disease 9 Addressee for all correspondence 9 Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Hamburg (Shuster & Pringle, 1969;Sindermann, 1983) affect incorporation and depuration rates. Similarly, changes in environmental parameters such as salinity (Denton & BurdonJones, 1981;Wright & Zamuda, 1987), freshwater runoff (Windom & Smith, 1972;Phillips, 1976a;Zaroogian & Cheer, 1976), duration of exposure to contaminants (Shuster & Pringle, 1969;Scott & Lawrence, 1982), temperature (Shuster & Pringle, 1969;Zaroogian & Cheer, 1976;Denton & Burdon-Jones, 1981), resuspension of sediments (Uncles et al, 1988) and proximity to point sources (Farrington & Quinn, 1973;Ratkowsky et al, 1974;Phillips, 1976b) can affect the bioavailability of environmental contaminants.…”

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Spatial and temporal distributions of contaminant body burden and disease in Gulf of Mexico oyster populations: The role of local and large-scale climatic controls

Wilson

Powell

Wade

et al. 1992

Helgolander Meeresunters

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As part of NOAA's Status and Trends Program, oysters were sampled from 43 sites throughout the Gulf of Mexico from Brownsville, Texas, to the Florida Everglades from 1986 to 1989. Oysters were analysed for body burden of a suite of metals and petroleum aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), the prevalence and intensity of the oyster pathogen, Perkinsus marinus, and condition index. The contaminants fell into two groups based on the spatial distribution of body burden throughout the Gulf. Arsenic, selenium, mercury and cadmium were characterized by chnal reduction in similarity with distance reminiscent of that followed by mean monthly temperature and precipitation. Zinc, copper~ PAHs and silver showed no consistent geographic trend. Within local regions, industrial and agricultural land use and P. marinus prevalence and infection intensity frequently correlated with body burden. Contaminants and biological attributes followed one of three temporal trends. Zinc, copper and PAHs showed concordant shifts over 4 years throughout the eastern and southern Gulf. Mercury and cadmium showed concordant shifts in the northwestern Gulf. Selenium, arsenic, length, condition index and P. marinus prevalence and infection intensity showed concordant shifts throughout most of the entire Gulf. Concordant shifts suggest that climatic factors, the E1 Nifio/Southern Oscillation being one example, exert a strong influence on biological attributes and contaminant body burdens in the Gulf: Correlative factors are those that probably affect or indicate the rate of tissue turnover and the frequency of reproduction; namely, temperature. disease intensity, condition index and length.

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“…For example, aries is a crltical confounding factor in system-wide field comparisons suggest that the mussel ivlytilus comparisons of biosentinel data. Salinity limits the edulis is not as responsive to Cu exposures as the range of habitats of potential sentinel species (Simkiss oyster Ostrea edulis (Martincic et al 1984(Martincic et al ) or a deposit et al 1982. Thus studies employing biosentinels in feeding clam, Scrobicularia plana (Bryan & Hummerestuaries typically use different species for different stone 1978, Southgate et al 1983).…”

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“…Zn was accumulated in only a narrow range of concentrations in nature and a slow bioaccumulation was observed in the laboratory. Potamocorbula amurensis accumulated Cu rapidly from solution in the laboratory and more Table 5 Dissolved metal concentrat~ons (pg I-') in San Francisco Bay and concentration factors for Potamocorbula arnurensls compared to concentration factors for blytilus gaUoprovincialis and Ostrea edulis from Martincic et al (1984). The concentration factor is the ratio of mean tissue concentration (pg g-l dry W ) ( rapidly than Macoma balthica, an excellent Cu bioindicator in nature (Bryan et al 1980(Bryan et al , 1985, but the range of tissue concentrations in P. amurensis was narrow in Suisun Bay, where earlier studies indicated Cu contamination was common (Thomson et al 1984, Cain & Luoma 1990).…”

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Use of the euryhaline bivalve Potamocorbula amurensis as a biosentinel species to assess trace metal contamination in San Francisco Bay

Brown¹,

Luoma²

1995

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Potamocorbula amurensis was assessed as a biosentinel species in San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Uptake of metal in both the laboratory and field showed that P. amurensis was sufficiently responsive to Ag. Cd, Cr, Ni and V to detect environmental differences in exposure. It was less suitable as an indicator of Cu and Zn contamination. Concentration factors for P. amurensis were: Ag, 386000; Cd, 50200; Cr. 36600; Cu, 12200; Ni, 5200; and Zn, 115500. Samples were collected from 6 stations throughout the bay at near-monthly intervals from January 1991 to March 1992. Variability within a collection was influenced by gut content and animal size. Other sources of variability were time Icoefficient of variation (CV) = 10 to 21 %l, small-scale spatial variability (within 3 km, CV = 10 to 25%), and large-scale spatial variability (CV = 3.3 to 12.4%). Depuration for 48 h was necessary to mitigate bias from gut content. Precision was improved by analyzing large numbers of indiv~duals (60 to 120) separated into several (5 to 14) composites at each collection and by determining, from regression, the mean and variance for samples with significant correlations between metal concentration and shell length. Repeated monthly sampling increased the accuracy of long-term site characterizations. Temporal variability was small because of drought. The grand means of the concentratlons of Ag, Cd, Cr, Ni, and V in the tissues of P. amurensis at each station for the 15 mo period revealed persistent contamination from industrialized Suisun Bay to the mouth of San Francisco Bay. Demonstration of responsiveness, precision and accuracy should be a prerequisite for the optimal use of biosentinels.

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Bioaccumulation of heavy metals by bivalves from Lim Fjord (North Adriatic Sea)

Cited by 80 publications

References 36 publications

Study on the contamination of heavy metals and their correlations in mollusks collected from coastal sites along the Chinese Bohai Sea

Study on the contamination of heavy metals and their correlations in mollusks collected from coastal sites along the Chinese Bohai Sea

Spatial and temporal distributions of contaminant body burden and disease in Gulf of Mexico oyster populations: The role of local and large-scale climatic controls

Use of the euryhaline bivalve Potamocorbula amurensis as a biosentinel species to assess trace metal contamination in San Francisco Bay

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