Heavy metals bioaccumulation in selected tissues of red swamp crayfish: An easy tool for monitoring environmental contamination levels

Goretti, Enzo; Pallottini, Matteo; Ricciarini, Maria Isabella; Selvaggi, Roberta; Cappelletti, David

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.169

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“…Very similar results denoted Mackevičienė (2002), Naghshbandi et al (2007), Kouba et al (2010) and Goretti et al (2016) in noble, mud and red swamp crayfish ( Procambarus clarkii , Girard), respectively. High Zn and Cu contents in crayfish confirmed Alcorlo et al (2006), who showed that the content of these metals in the meat does not depend of their quantities in the environment.…”

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“…It makes crayfish a good bioindicator of environmental pollution (Sánchez López et al 2004; Rainbow 2007; Kouba et al 2010; Kuklina et al 2014; Goretti et al 2016). Multiple studies have demonstrated that the levels of heavy metals in crayfish depends on factors such as species, location, diet, sex, size and type of tissue (Canli and Furness 1993, Turoczy et al 2001; Thawley et al 2004; Naghshbandi et al 2007).…”

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Heavy Metals Bioaccumulation in Tissues of Spiny-Cheek Crayfish (Orconectes limosus) from Lake Gopło: Effect of Age and Sex

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Dąbrowski

Różański

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Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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The aim of the present work was to assess the concentrations of metals in the abdominal muscle and exoskeleton of 3-year-old males and 4-year-old females and males of spiny-cheek crayfish (Orconectes limosus) collected from Lake Gopło. A total of 93 males and 35 females were collected in autumn (October 2014). The analyzes of heavy metals were conducted by means of atomic absorption spectroscopy with a PU9100X spectrometer. The content of mercury was determined using AMA 254 mercury analyser. As analyses indicated heavy metals accumulated in the muscle and exoskeleton in the following sequence: Zn > Cu > Pb > Mn > Ni > Hg and Mn > Pb > Zn > Ni > Cu > Hg, respectively. Statistically significant differences between 3- and 4-year-old males were found for all analyzed metals. Gender dependent differences were calculated only for Ni in the muscle tissue and for Mn and Hg in the exoskeleton. In comparison with the study carried out 2 years ago notably higher concentrations of Pb were found in the muscle and a higher content of Zn, Pb, Mn and Ni was determined in the exoskeleton.

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Heavy Metals Bioaccumulation in Tissues of Spiny-Cheek Crayfish (Orconectes limosus) from Lake Gopło: Effect of Age and Sex

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et al. 2017

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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“…Aquatic invertebrates have been shown to be highly effective bio-monitoring species of local biogeochemical conditions (Boening 1999;Alcorlo et al 2006;Goretti et al 2016). As a result, they may be useful study species with which to evaluate the utility of various natural chemical tracers in freshwater habitats.…”

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Underutilized biogeochemical tracers distinguish invertebrate populations in a complex river system

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2018

Limnology & Ocean Methods

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Concentrations of major and trace elements in freshwater fauna are often a reflection of local sediment chemistry. Biogeochemical profiles of freshwater species can be used to provide accurate and affordable assessments of species distribution, movement, and connectivity within river systems. Incorporating additional elements could significantly increase the precision and accuracy of population discrimination and movement analyses. To increase the variety of elements in biogeochemical tracing studies, we compared the concentrations of 38 major, trace, and rare earth elements (REEs) in bulk sediment (< 10 μm) and atyid shrimp from three rivers in South East Queensland, Australia. We determined which elements were correlated between sediment and shrimp samples and if these elements could distinguish different sample populations. This process identified elements that can directly associate shrimp with local sediment geochemical profiles. We found potassium (K), aluminum (Al), yttrium (Y), and the REEs cerium (Ce), lanthanum (La), and samarium (Sm) were spatially correlated between shrimp and sediment samples. Concentration ratios indicated K may be a relatively conservative tracer. Aluminum, REEs, and Y may undergo characteristic fractionation between sediment and shrimp tissue. Multivariate analysis indicated these elements could distinguish shrimp populations between sample sites. Results suggest that this small number of elements can link shrimp with specific rivers in accordance with local geochemistry, and thus may be valuable tracers with which to distinguish freshwater populations. As we measured bulk sediment concentrations, sampling these tracers is a relatively simplistic process that could be applied in a range of field conditions.

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“…), anthropogenic inputs, release of mineral elements, and biological activities (Goretti et al. ). In the current study, most LOW lakes were surrounded by hills where geology and mineral element release could possibly play important roles in sediment heavy metal accumulation.…”

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Effects of Aquaculture on Lakes in the Central Yangtze River Basin, China, III: Heavy Metals

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Fish culture in lakes is an important component of aquaculture in some countries, but little is known about its impact on the ecosystem of the impacted lake. In summer 2015, we measured concentrations of 11 heavy metals, including copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), arsenic (As), and manganese (Mn), in water and sediment from 23 lakes of different aquaculture classifications in the middle reach of the Yangtze River basin, China. These lakes represented the following four lake aquaculture management strategies: fish ranching in lakes classified as receiving low (LOW; used for backup drinking water and irrigation), medium (MEDIUM), or high (HIGH; fish fed commercial feed) stocking rates or as fallow (FALLOW), in which previously ranched HIGH lakes had not been stocked for 2 years. Results showed a positive relationship between most heavy metal concentrations and fish culture intensity. Concentrations of Cu, Zn, and aluminum (Al) in the water column were significantly greater in the HIGH lakes than in the LOW lakes. Heavy metals in the FALLOW lakes did not appear to fully recover from past aquaculture activities. In sediment, the concentration of As in LOW lakes was significantly lower than those in MEDIUM and HIGH lakes, whereas no among‐group significant differences in the other heavy metal concentrations were detected. Metals in sediments of all four lake types were at the low ecological risk level. We speculate that these results may be applied to lakes in other regions globally with similar fish stocking and management strategies.

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Heavy metals bioaccumulation in selected tissues of red swamp crayfish: An easy tool for monitoring environmental contamination levels

Cited by 105 publications

References 52 publications

Heavy Metals Bioaccumulation in Tissues of Spiny-Cheek Crayfish (Orconectes limosus) from Lake Gopło: Effect of Age and Sex

Heavy Metals Bioaccumulation in Tissues of Spiny-Cheek Crayfish (Orconectes limosus) from Lake Gopło: Effect of Age and Sex

Underutilized biogeochemical tracers distinguish invertebrate populations in a complex river system

Effects of Aquaculture on Lakes in the Central Yangtze River Basin, China, III: Heavy Metals

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