Mussels, trace metals

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Fowler, S.W. and B. Oregioni. 1976. Trace metals in mussels from the N.W. Mediterranean. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 7 26-29. 

Young, D.R. and D.J. McDermott. 1975. Trace metals in harbor mussels. Ann. Rept. S. Calif. Coast. Water Res. Proj., El Segundo, CA 139-142. 

Lauenstein, G.G., A. Robertson, and T.P. O Connor. 1990. Comparison of trace metal data in mussels and oysters from a mussel watch programme of the 1970s with those from a 1980s programme. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 21 440-447. 

The AE methods have been used to determine the effects of different algae as food sources in the bioaccumulation of radiolabelled essential (Co, Se, Zn) and nonessential trace metals (Ag, Am, Cd, Cr) in the mussel Mytilus edulis [94]. Assimilation of essential metals was correlated with carbon assimilation, but not nonessential metals. The distribution of the metal in the alga and the gut passage time in the mussel was found to be important. 

Smith DR, Stephenson MD, Flegal AR. 1986. Trace metals in mussels transplanted to San Francisco Bay. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 5 129-138. 

Phillips, D.J.H., 1985. Organochlorine and trace metals in green-lipped mussels Perna viridis from Hong Kong waters A test of indicator ability. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 21, 252-258. 

Lafabrie, C., G. Pergent, R. Kantin, C. Pergent-Martini, and J.-L. Gonzalez. 2007. Trace metals assessment in water, sediment, mussel and seagrass species—validation of the use of Posidonia oceanica as a metal biomonitor. Chemosphere 68 2033-2039. 

Roditi, H.A., Fisher, N.S., and Sanudo-Wilhelmy, S.A. (2000) Uptake of dissolved organic carbon and trace metals by zebra mussels. Nature 407, 78-80. 

Rainbow PS, Fialkowski W, Sokolowski A, Smith BD, Wolowicz M. 2004. Geographical and seasonal variation of trace metal bioavailabilities in the Gulf of Gdansk, Baltic Sea using mussels (Mytilus trossulus) and barnacles (Balanus improvisus) as biomonitors. Mar Biol 144 271-286. 

P. A. Berckman, M. Nigro, Trace metal concentrations in the scallops around Antarctica extending the Mussell Watch Program to the Southern Ocean, Mar. Pollut. Bull., 24 (1992), 322-323. 

Trace-Metal Distributions in Mussels and Oysters An Index of the Composition... 

Mussels and oysters (epifauna) are filter feeders which attach to hard surfaces. Their isolation from the sediment means that their trace-metal compositions are likely to be reflective, primarily, of the suspended material in the water. In this section, therefore, the data available on trace-metal concentrations in mussels and oysters from the Connecticut shore are reviewed. 

Obviously both oyster and mussel tissue compositions are influenced by the trace-metal content of the particles they ingest. There should then be a relationship between the chemical properties of the particles of the surrounding water and the sediments and the compositions of the tissues. 

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