Heavy metals in bivalve mollusks

WX Wang, G Lu - Chemical contaminants and residues in food, 2017‏ - Elsevier
This chapter reviews the concentrations of several major metal contaminants in bivalve
mollusks collected from different regions of the world. Bivalve mollusks considered in this …

Benthic macroalgae as biological indicators of heavy metal pollution in the marine environments: A biomonitoring approach for pollution assessment

S Chakraborty, T Bhattacharya, G Singh… - … and environmental safety, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Metal pollution in the marine coastline environment is an important topical issue in the
context of ecological disturbance and climate change. Heavy metal contaminations (Cd, Cr …

Marine sponges as a powerful tool for trace elements biomonitoring studies in coastal environment

AM Orani, A Barats, E Vassileva, OP Thomas - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2018‏ - Elsevier
In this work, we performed a comparative study on six marine sponge species collected
along the French Mediterranean and Irish coasts for their TEs accumulation. Intra and inter …

The alga Ulva lactuca (Ulvaceae, Chlorophyta) as a bioindicator of trace element contamination along the coast of Sicily, Italy

G Bonanno, V Veneziano, V Piccione - Science of The Total Environment, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The marine environment is subjected to ever-increasing levels of contamination, especially
along the coastal areas with urban and industrial activities. Consequently, monitoring …

Pollution gradient leads to local adaptation and small-scale spatial variability of communities and functions in an urban marine environment

RPM Gauff, D Davoult, S Greff, O Bohner… - Science of The Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Urbanization of coastal habitats, of which harbors and marinas are the paragon, has led to
various ecological paradigms about their functioning. Harbor infrastructures offer new hard …

Assessing and predicting the changes for inorganic mercury and methylmercury concentrations in surface waters of a tidal estuary (Adour Estuary, SW France)

T Stoichev, AT de Chanvalon, S Veloso… - Marine Pollution …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Total and dissolved concentrations of inorganic mercury (IHg) and methylmercury (MeHg) in
water (Adour Estuary) were determined during three sampling campaigns and related to …

Spatio-temporal assessment, sources and health risks of water pollutants at trace levels in public supply river using multivariate statistical techniques

VS de Carvalho, IF Dos Santos, LC Almeida… - Chemosphere, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Joanes River is located in the northeast of Brazil, crosses the Camaçari
Petrochemical Complex, the largest integrated industrial complex in the Southern …

The little penguin (Eudyptula minor) as an indicator of coastal trace metal pollution

A Finger, JL Lavers, P Dann, D Nugegoda… - Environmental …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Monitoring trace metal and metalloid concentrations in marine animals is important for their
conservation and could also reliably reflect pollution levels in their marine ecosystems …

Physicochemical parameters aid microbial community? A case study from marine recreational beaches, Southern India

S Vignesh, HU Dahms, KV Emmanuel… - Environmental …, 2014‏ - Springer
A total of 176 (water and sediment) samples from 22 stations belonging to four different
(urban, semi-urban, rural, and holy places) human habitations of Tamil Nadu beaches were …

Heavy metal distribution in organic and siliceous marine sponge tissues measured by square wave anodic strip** voltammetry

S Illuminati, A Annibaldi, C Truzzi, G Scarponi - Marine pollution bulletin, 2016‏ - Elsevier
May sponge spicules represent a “tank” to accumulate heavy metals? In this study we test
this hypothesis determining the distribution of Cd, Pb and Cu concentrations between …