Integrated assessment of heavy metal pollution using transplanted mussels in eastern Guangdong, China

Heavy metal contamination has been widely studied in coastal areas around the world. However, integrative studies of heavy metals pollution by monitoring and characterizing sediments, organisms, and biomarkers as well as their holistic interactions are rare. Here, we selected a developed coastal are...

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Published in:Environmental pollution (1987) 2018-12, Vol.243 (Pt A), p.601-609
Main Authors: Shi, Jingchun, Li, Xue, He, Tangtian, Wang, Jingzhen, Wang, Zhen, Li, Ping, Lai, Yongzhong, Sanganyado, Edmond, Liu, Wenhua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biomarkers
Bivalvia - physiology
China
Ecology
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Environmental Pollution - analysis
Geologic Sediments - analysis
Heavy metals
Metals, Heavy - analysis
Risk Assessment
Rivers
Seafood - analysis
Sediments
Transplanted mussels
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
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Summary:Heavy metal contamination has been widely studied in coastal areas around the world. However, integrative studies of heavy metals pollution by monitoring and characterizing sediments, organisms, and biomarkers as well as their holistic interactions are rare. Here, we selected a developed coastal area in eastern Guangdong, China as the study field. Heavy metal analysis (both in sediment and mussel) and biomarker tests, including neutral red retention time test (NRRT) and micronuclei (MN) test, were employed in the current research. Anthropogenic activities influenced the heavy metal levels in sediments. Significant relationships (p 
ISSN:0269-7491
1873-6424
DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.006