Determination of trace metals in Mytilus galloprovincialis along the Boka Kotorska Bay, Montenegrin coast (original) (raw)

Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS), 2018

Abstract

The concentrations of six trace metals, cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn) and mercury (Hg) were determined in the soft tissues of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and bottom sediments collected from the coastal area of Boka Kotorska Bay (Montenegrin coast). The mussels and sediment samples were collected at three sites along the Boka Kotorska Bay from the autumn of 2014 to the winter of 2016. The concentrations (mg/kg dw) of these metals in the mussel samples ranged from 1.01 to 2.87 for Cd, 6.08 to 13.2 for Cu, 1.37 to 3.55 for Pb, 85.6 to 241 for Zn, 0.72 to 4.05 for Cr and 0.098 to 0.269 for Hg. The concentrations (mg/kg dw) of these metals in the sediment samples ranged from 0.16 to 0.39 for Cd, 4.32 to 48.2 for Cu, 7.02 to 49.8 for Pb, 22.0 to 158 for Zn, 93.1 to 317 for Cr and 0.035 to 0.497 for Hg. The metal content in the mussel samples and the metal content in the sediment collected from three locations over four different seasons were analy...

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