Temporal distribution of heavy metal concentrations in oysters Crassostrea rhizophorae from the central Venezuelan coast

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• 作者：Juan A. Alfonso ; Helga H ; t ; Abrahan Mora ; Yaneth V¨¢squez ; Jos¨¦ Azocar ; Eunice Marcano
• 关键词：Oysters ; Bivalves ; Bioindicators ; Heavy metals
• 刊名：Marine Pollution Bulletin
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：15 August, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：73
• 期：1
• 页码：394-398
• 全文大小：855 K

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The oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae is a bivalve abundant in Venezuelan estuaries and consumed by local populations. No known values have been reported on trace metals in oysters from the central Venezuelan coast. We report the concentrations of Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr, V and Zn in the soft parts of C. rhizophorae, which were collected bimonthly between March 2008 and March 2009, at two sampling areas from the Central Venezuelan Coast: Buche estuary and Mochima estuary. Our results show that for each metal there is a similar temporal variation pattern. The concentrations of the heavy metals reported in this work are useful as reliable baselines and can be used for comparison in future environment studies. Concentrations in C. rhizophorae from the Buche estuary can be interpreted to be high on a global scale for Cd, Cu, Ni and Mn, indicating atypically raised bioavailabilities.