Differences in metal profiles revealed by native mussels and artificial mussels in Sarıçay Stream, Turkey: implications for pollution monitoring
Tuncer O. Genç A , Beverly H. K. Po B , Fevzi Yılmaz A , Tai-Chu Lau C , Rudolf S. S. Wu D and Jill M. Y. Chiu B E
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A Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, TR-48000 Kötekli Muğla, Turkey.
B Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P.R. China.
C Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P.R. China.
D State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution and Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., P.R. China.
E Corresponding author. Email: jillchiu@hkbu.edu.hk
Marine and Freshwater Research 69(9) 1372-1378 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF17293
Submitted: 29 September 2017 Accepted: 29 January 2018 Published: 30 May 2018
Abstract
Using the native mussel Unio crassus and artificial mussels (AMs), profiles of 11 metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, U, Zn) were determined and compared in winter and summer along a pollution gradient in Sarıçay Stream, Turkey. Principal components analysis and correlation analysis showed that metal profiles in the native mussels and AMs were different. Concentrations of most metals were significantly higher in the native mussels compared with AMs, suggesting that metals in Sarıçay Stream predominantly existed in suspended particulates and food compartments, rather than in dissolved form. Although U was not readily accumulated by the native mussels, it could be taken up by AMs. Overall, the results suggest that the use of native mussels and AMs in water quality monitoring can provide complementary information and a better estimate and coverage of different metal species and forms in aquatic environments.
Additional keywords: environmental monitoring, heavy metals.
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