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Article: Field validation, in Scotland and Iceland, of the artificial mussel for monitoring trace metals in temperate seas

TitleField validation, in Scotland and Iceland, of the artificial mussel for monitoring trace metals in temperate seas
Authors
KeywordsEnvironmental monitoring
Environmental technology
Mussel watch
Perna viridis
Issue Date2008
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/marpolbul
Citation
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2008, v. 57 n. 6-12, p. 790-800 How to Cite?
AbstractThe artificial mussel (AM), a novel chemical sampling device, has been developed for monitoring dissolved trace metals in marine environments. The AM consists of Chelex-100 suspended in artificial seawater within Perspex tubing and enclosed with semi-permeable polyacrylamide gel at both ends. To validate the field performance of the AM in temperate waters, we deployed AMs alongside transplanted blue mussels Mytilus edulis in coastal environments in Scotland (Holy Loch, Loch Fyne, Loch Striven and Millport) and Iceland (Reykjavikurhöfn, Gufunes, South of {thorn}erney, Hofsvik, Hvalfjör{eth}ur and Sandger{eth}i) for monitoring trace metals. While uptake patterns of Cd between the AM and M. edulis were highly comparable, discrepancies were found in the accumulation profiles of the other metals (Cu, Cr, Pb and Zn), in particular Zn. Nonetheless, the AMs gave a better resolution to accurately reveal the spatial difference in dissolved metal contamination when compared with M. edulis. AMs complement the use of mussels since AMs indicate dissolved metals in seawater, whereas uptake by mussels indicates a mixture of dissolved and particulate metals. Our results also indicated that historical metal exposure of the transplanted M. edulis could significantly confound their metal concentrations especially when the deployment period was short (i.e. <34 d). This study suggested that the AM can overcome problems associated with variable biological attributes and pre-exposure history in the mussel, and provides a standardized and representative time-integrated estimate of dissolved metal concentrations in different marine environments. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/92794
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.445
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dc.contributor.authorLeung, KMYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorFurness, RWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSvavarsson, Jen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLau, TCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWu, RSSen_HK
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dc.date.available2010-09-17T10:57:21Z-
dc.date.issued2008en_HK
dc.identifier.citationMarine Pollution Bulletin, 2008, v. 57 n. 6-12, p. 790-800en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0025-326Xen_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/92794-
dc.description.abstractThe artificial mussel (AM), a novel chemical sampling device, has been developed for monitoring dissolved trace metals in marine environments. The AM consists of Chelex-100 suspended in artificial seawater within Perspex tubing and enclosed with semi-permeable polyacrylamide gel at both ends. To validate the field performance of the AM in temperate waters, we deployed AMs alongside transplanted blue mussels Mytilus edulis in coastal environments in Scotland (Holy Loch, Loch Fyne, Loch Striven and Millport) and Iceland (Reykjavikurhöfn, Gufunes, South of {thorn}erney, Hofsvik, Hvalfjör{eth}ur and Sandger{eth}i) for monitoring trace metals. While uptake patterns of Cd between the AM and M. edulis were highly comparable, discrepancies were found in the accumulation profiles of the other metals (Cu, Cr, Pb and Zn), in particular Zn. Nonetheless, the AMs gave a better resolution to accurately reveal the spatial difference in dissolved metal contamination when compared with M. edulis. AMs complement the use of mussels since AMs indicate dissolved metals in seawater, whereas uptake by mussels indicates a mixture of dissolved and particulate metals. Our results also indicated that historical metal exposure of the transplanted M. edulis could significantly confound their metal concentrations especially when the deployment period was short (i.e. <34 d). This study suggested that the AM can overcome problems associated with variable biological attributes and pre-exposure history in the mussel, and provides a standardized and representative time-integrated estimate of dissolved metal concentrations in different marine environments. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/marpolbulen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofMarine Pollution Bulletinen_HK
dc.subjectEnvironmental monitoringen_HK
dc.subjectEnvironmental technologyen_HK
dc.subjectMussel watchen_HK
dc.subjectPerna viridisen_HK
dc.titleField validation, in Scotland and Iceland, of the artificial mussel for monitoring trace metals in temperate seasen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailLeung, KMY: kmyleung@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailWu, RSS: rudolfwu@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.01.033en_HK
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