2009
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0827-7
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Heavy metal concentrations in the soft tissues of swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea) and surficial sediments from Anzali wetland, Iran

Abstract: Concentrations of cadmium, copper, and lead were determined in surficial sediments and the soft tissues (foot and gills) of swan mussel Anodonta cygnea from two sampling sites in Anzali wetland, which is an internationally important wetland registered in the Ramsar Convention. The metal contents in the mussel species from the studied region were comparable to other world areas. In most cases, the levels of the metals either fell within the range for other areas or were lower. There were significant differences… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
3

Citation Types

0
18
1
1

Year Published

2011
2011
2021
2021

Publication Types

Select...
7
1

Relationship

0
8

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 49 publications
(20 citation statements)
references
References 86 publications
(55 reference statements)
0
18
1
1
Order By: Relevance
“…Although many researchers have studied the Anzali Wetland from the pollutionrelated, faunistic, and ecological points of view (e.g. Ayati 2003;JICA 2005;Charkhabi and Sakizadeh 2006;Akbarzadeh et al 2008;Jafari 2009;Tahershamsi et al 2009;Mirzajani et al 2010;Pourang et al 2010;Jamshidi-Zanjani and Saeedi 2013), there are no data on the species diversity of the Oligochaeta of the region, except the single record of Tubifex tubifex by Pourang (1996). The aquatic Oligochaeta species of Iran are mentioned only in a few papers: Stephenson (1920), Egglishaw (1980), Aliyev and Ahmadi (2010), Ahmadi et al (2011Ahmadi et al ( , 2012, Ardalan et al (2011), Jabłońska andPesić (2014).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although many researchers have studied the Anzali Wetland from the pollutionrelated, faunistic, and ecological points of view (e.g. Ayati 2003;JICA 2005;Charkhabi and Sakizadeh 2006;Akbarzadeh et al 2008;Jafari 2009;Tahershamsi et al 2009;Mirzajani et al 2010;Pourang et al 2010;Jamshidi-Zanjani and Saeedi 2013), there are no data on the species diversity of the Oligochaeta of the region, except the single record of Tubifex tubifex by Pourang (1996). The aquatic Oligochaeta species of Iran are mentioned only in a few papers: Stephenson (1920), Egglishaw (1980), Aliyev and Ahmadi (2010), Ahmadi et al (2011Ahmadi et al ( , 2012, Ardalan et al (2011), Jabłońska andPesić (2014).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, novel environmental challenges biorisks are mainly connected to the complexity of harmful effects [6,24,35,38,45]. It is inconstant in time, composition, and its effect is difficult to be predicted.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It also serves as an important spawning and nursery ground for the economically anadromous fishes (Talebi 1998). Previous studies emphasized that the environmental quality of this wetland especially eastern part of it has exacerbated during the last years (Pourang 1994(Pourang , 1996Talebi 1998;Akbarzadeh et al 2008;Tahershamsi et al 2009;Pourang et al 2010). These fundamental changes have mainly caused by the discharge of Rasht and Anzali's raw sewage, ground subsidence, and increasing of Caspian Sea level (Yazdanparast et al 2004).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%