Pollution from mining in South Greenland: uptake and release of Pb by blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) documented by transplantation experiments

Zimmer, Louise A.; Asmund, Gert; Johansen, Poul; Mortensen, John; Hansen, Benni Winding

doi:10.1007/s00300-010-0898-5

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“…Mine-related elements such as metals may pose a threat to the environment due to their bioaccumulation and potential toxicity to biota (Josefson et al 2008;Torres et al 2008). Furthermore, dispersion of mine-related elements as dust or as aqueous dissolved or particlebound metals may last for decades after mine closure (Søndergaard et al 2011a, b;Zimmer et al 2011). Assessment of element dispersion and bioaccumulation near mines, both in the terrestrial and marine environment, is therefore important to evaluate the mine-related pollution sources and, if needed, to address measures to reduce them.…”

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Dispersion and bioaccumulation of elements from an open-pit olivine mine in Southwest Greenland assessed using lichens, seaweeds, mussels and fish

Søndergaard

2013

Environ Monit Assess

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This study investigated dispersion and bioaccumulation of mining-related elements from an open-pit olivine mine at Seqi in Southwest Greenland (64° N) using lichens (Flavocetraria nivalis), seaweeds (Fucus vesiculosus), mussels (Mytilus edulis) and fish (Myoxocephalus scorpius). The mine operated between 2005 and 2009, and samples were taken every year within a monitoring area 0-17 km from the mine during the period 2004-2011. A total of 46 elements were analysed in the samples. After mining began, highly elevated metal concentrations, especially nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), iron (Fe) and cobalt (Co), were observed in lichens relative to pre-mining levels (up to a factor of 130) caused by dust dispersion from the mining activity. Elevated metal concentrations could be measured in lichens in distances up to ~5 km from the mine/ore treatment facility. Moderately elevated concentrations of Ni and Cr (up to a factor of 7) were also observed in seaweeds and mussels but only in close vicinity (<1 km) to the mine. Analyses of fish showed no significant changes in element composition. After mine closure, the elevated metal concentrations in lichens, seaweeds and mussels decreased markedly, and in 2011, significantly elevated metal concentrations could only be measured in lichens and only within a distance of 1 km from the mine.

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Dispersion and bioaccumulation of elements from an open-pit olivine mine in Southwest Greenland assessed using lichens, seaweeds, mussels and fish

Søndergaard

2013

Environ Monit Assess

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Lead (Pb) is a toxic element to humans (Carrington et al, 2019;Wani et al, 2015) and accumulation in marine biota a pathway of exposure (Burger et al, 2012;Zimmer et al, 2011). Lead emissions from coal combustion and the use of tetraethyllead as an additive to gasoline through the twentieth century (McConnell & Edwards, 2008;Pacyna & Pacyna, 2001) resulted in large scale atmospheric deposition of anthropogenic Pb across the surface ocean (Boyle et al, 2014).

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Quantifying Ice‐Sheet Derived Lead (Pb) Fluxes to the Ocean; A Case Study at Nioghalvfjerdsbræ

Krisch

Huhn

Al‐Hashem

et al. 2022

Geophysical Research Letters

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Lead (Pb) is a toxic element to humans (Carrington et al., 2019;Wani et al., 2015) and accumulation in marine biota a pathway of exposure (Burger et al., 2012;Zimmer et al., 2011). Lead emissions from coal combustion and the use of tetraethyllead as an additive to gasoline through the twentieth century (McConnell & Edwards, 2008;Pacyna & Pacyna, 2001) resulted in large scale atmospheric deposition of anthropogenic Pb across the surface ocean (Boyle et al., 2014). Whilst Pb concentrations across the North Atlantic are now declining, they remain above pre-industrial concentrations (Kelly et al., 2009;Noble et al., 2015). The ultimate fate of Pb in the marine environment is governed by its high affinity to particles (Dewey et al., 2021;Yang et al., 2015), which results in a dissolved Pb (dPb) distribution strongly affected by lateral transfer within sinking matter and burial in sediments (Bruland et al., 2013). However, a growing number of studies have shown intermittent release of dPb from shelf sediments (Cobelo-García & Prego, 2004;Kalnejais et al., 2007;Martino et al., 2002). This suggests that shelf sediments affected by a legacy of anthropogenic Pb deposition may continue to act as a dPb source to the water column (Rusiecka et al., 2018;Vieira et al., 2019).

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“…Owing to the great usefulness and effectiveness of biomonitoring studies, there have been many reports on the use of transplanted mussels in coastal areas [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 ]. Marine mussels include Mytilus galloprovincialis [ 15 , 16 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 25 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 32 , 39 ], Perna.…”

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“…Marine mussels include Mytilus galloprovincialis [ 15 , 16 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 25 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 32 , 39 ], Perna. perna in Brazil [ 17 ], M. edulis [ 18 , 19 , 24 , 31 , 33 , 36 , 37 , 38 ], and P. viridis in the Gulf of Thailand [ 23 , 34 ]. Monitoring the metal accumulation of mussels at fixed locations is best carried out by the field-based transplantation of mussels.…”

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Byssus of Green-Lipped Mussel Perna viridis as a Biomonitoring Biopolymer for Zinc Pollution in Coastal Waters

Yap

Al-Mutairi

2023

Biology

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The present study aimed to confirm the use of the byssus (BYS) of the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis as a biomonitoring biopolymer for zinc (Zn) by comparing it to copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd) pollution in coastal waters under experimental field conditions, based on the transplantation of caged mussels between polluted and unpolluted sites in the Straits of Johore (SOJ). Four important evidential points were found in the present study. First, the 34 field-collected populations with BYS/total soft tissue (TST) ratios > 1 indicated that the BYS was a more sensitive, concentrative, and accumulative biopolymer for the three metals than TST. Significant (p < 0.05) and positive correlations between BYS and TST in terms of the levels of the three metals were observed. Second, the data obtained in the present study were well-supported by the interspecific comparison, which indicated that the BYS of P. viridis was a significantly better biomonitoring biopolymer for the identification of coastal areas exposed to Zn, Cd, and Cu pollution and played the role of an excretion route of metal wastes. Third, the higher positive correlation coefficients for the metals between the BYS sedimentary geochemical fractions than the TST sedimentary geochemical fractions indicated that the BYS was more reflective of metal bioavailability and contamination in coastal waters. Fourth, and most importantly, the field-based cage transplantation study clearly indicated the accumulation and elimination of the three metals by the BYS in both polluted and unpolluted sites in the Straits of Johore. In sum, the BYS of P. viridis was confirmed as a better biopolymer than TST for Zn, as well as Cd and Cu, bioavailability and contamination in tropical coastal waters.

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Pollution from mining in South Greenland: uptake and release of Pb by blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) documented by transplantation experiments

Cited by 10 publications

References 35 publications

Dispersion and bioaccumulation of elements from an open-pit olivine mine in Southwest Greenland assessed using lichens, seaweeds, mussels and fish

Dispersion and bioaccumulation of elements from an open-pit olivine mine in Southwest Greenland assessed using lichens, seaweeds, mussels and fish

Quantifying Ice‐Sheet Derived Lead (Pb) Fluxes to the Ocean; A Case Study at Nioghalvfjerdsbræ

Byssus of Green-Lipped Mussel Perna viridis as a Biomonitoring Biopolymer for Zinc Pollution in Coastal Waters

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