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- Title
Metal concentrations and metallothionein levels in Mytilus galloprovincialis from Elefsis bay (Saronikos gulf, Greece).
- Authors
Strogyloudi, Evangelia; Angelidis, Michael; Christides, Anastassios; Papathanassiou, Evangelos
- Abstract
Spatial and temporal variability of Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Zn, Fe and Mn and metallothionein (MT) concentrations were determined in mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis from Elefsis bay (Saronikos gulf, Greece). Higher concentrations of both metal concentrations and MTs were recorded in mussels inhabiting industrial locations (steelworks and shipyard), indicating a markedly higher metal bioavailability. However at these sites, located at the eastern part of the bay, mussel metal concentrations were not always correlated with both seawater metal concentrations and MTs possibly due to different time scales of integration of the metal sources into mussels and/or the participation of other metal regulatory mechanisms except MT induction. The pattern of the temporal variation of mussel metal concentrations and the MT levels was similar among stations with higher values during the winter-spring season and lower during the summer-autumn period. The inverse relationship of flesh condition index with mussel metal concentrations was attributed to the influence of mussel annual reproductive cycle.
- Subjects
SARONIC Gulf (Greece); GREECE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MYTILUS galloprovincialis; MUSSELS; STEEL mills; SHIPYARDS
- Publication
Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, 2012, Vol 184, Issue 12, p7189
- ISSN
0167-6369
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10661-011-2490-z